A few days ago, I was in a very dark mood. Frustrated. Angry. Bitter. Ready to get on a plane and go do something about it. Within the last 20 minutes, things got resolved, and several blessings fell into our laps.
It is so hard to be even keeled. It's hard to keep your emotions in check. It feels like you are on a roller coaster.
So what has happened is this: Last week we saw signs of movement. Lots of friends who cleared court with us back in August, got cleared by the Embassy and are traveling. We heard from the Embassy that they wanted to interview a lady involved with our case who lives in the town E is from (Awassa). So our agency needed to find her and set up the interview. As of yesterday they still hadn't found her and I was getting upset. Because, while Ethiopia isn't the United States....there are resources in place that would facilitate this faster...at least I believed so. So I was incredibly frustrated and ready to fly over and find her myself (with the help of some friends).
Then I got an e-mail from our agency. They found her. She has her interview at the Embassy November 12. What has been happening lately, is that the Embassy then clears the child (E) to come home within 24 hours of that and gives us potential dates to travel.
Let me be clear: That's what has been happening lately, but that is NOT a guarantee for us.
Then my mom called me. My parents have asked if we need a new car seat for E. We said yes but we'd like one of the detachable ones with the booster so we don't have to keep buying stuff. So my mom went looking and couldn't find what she wanted, got frustrated and went home. Only to have a neighbor, come to her door with a near brand new one that she had for her grandson. She GAVE it to my mom because she's moving and can't take it!
Also.....If you notice we hit our 2000 dollar goal that we set for this next trip!!!!!! Some friends helped us over the last little hump and we're there!!!! Thank you God for working in the lives of friends and family to help us get to where we are! We have been super blessed by you all. A simple Thank You can not do justice to our gratitude and humbleness through this whole process.So we're done then right? Well.......sort of......
If you've been following regularly you'll remember that back in June we had a post called Gray Area. We talked about how we had a rough idea what things were going to cost, but until we actually go and do, it's hard to hammer that down to the exact dollar. So on one hand we're pretty sure we won't need more money from our trip....we can't say that with 100% certainty. We still might need to purchase tickets last minute and pay more than we want. We just don't know......but we've met our initial goal.
HOWEVER....any money that is raised that we don't need will be donated to BRING LOVE IN. We've talked about them in the past. We love them and what they're doing. We're excited to partner with them in what they're doing. If you're unfamiliar with them, you need to check out what they're doing.
So within 20 minutes we got an Embassy interview date. We got a free car seat and we reached our goal. How do I change my emotions that quickly?
Thank you God for blessing us yet again!
FOR YOU:
1. We are still coveting your prayers. We need the Embassy to clear us on or about the 12th of November. We really want E to be home now. While we see that we're taking baby steps forward.....we're not done yet.
2. Pray for us as we attempt to handle this bipolar ride of adoption.
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