Becca's 5th Birthday Party!

We had Becca's 5th birthday party on Saturday! We had it a little early because we thought we might be traveling.

Becca had a fairy birthday party and she had a great time!

Now I know why God spoke to me yesterday about suffering!

Well, we got bad news today from Great Wall. It seems the American Consulate in China never received one of our forms, and so they have never sent a form to China, and that means that we are not even close to getting our travel notice.

Great Wall has already emailed the consulate with the information to show that they should have received our form and now we are waiting to hear back from them. We are told they generally get back to them in 24-48 hours.

At this point we don't know what will happen if they don't find the form. We also don't know what will happen if they do. Hopefully, we will have some idea soon of how much of a set back this will be.

More Pictures from the Wiggles!

The Wiggle Concert

So a few weeks ago we went to the Wiggle Concert with the girls. We learned something very important, Becca is afraid of heights. We had seating up higher and she was scared to death. She never left our laps. Normally she would have been up dancing the whole time.

Kyiah enjoyed the little boy in front of us, the cotton candy, and hanging with our friends Lisa, Gus, and Marie!

Next time we will sit closer to the stage!

The Wait Is Worth It!

I have to admit, the waiting has been getting to me. It's is part of the reason I haven't touched my blog. I started this blog with the hope that we would be traveling soon and I would keep everyone filled in on our trip. Since we've be waiting I haven't been very motivated to keep people updated.

Today though I was listening to Joyce Meyer. She was talking about the fact that sometimes when we suffer in this world it isn't about us, it is about someone else.

I felt like God was saying to me, "Are you willing to suffer for your children? For your son?" My suffering through this wait is small compared to how many suffer in this world. However, it is still painful. I know by looking at my daughters that any amount of wait or suffering is worth it. It cannot be compared to the blessing they are to our lives.

I know that the wait for Jonathon is worth it. Although, he is in the care of foster parents, I still think about how my wait is nothing compared to his wait for a forever family.

I also know that I will have that blessing at the end of the wait. God will bring good out of the difficulty. It is the promise He has made. Not only will that good be our precious son, Jonathon, but also what we can do for others who face similar difficulties.

So I wait, hopeful that it won't be much longer, but confident that God will bring us through!

Feeling Deflated

So I have been waiting to hear back from our worker at Great Wall as to whether or not our letter from the U.S. Consulate had made it to China. I guess I was being too optimistic to think it was already there, unfortunately, it is not. This means that once the letter gets there, we don't know when that will be, then we will have another 2-4 weeks to wait.

As disappointed as I am and the cloudy weather is not helping, I felt worse for a woman who emailed the yahoo group today asking about the wait for China. I guess she has always wanted to adopt from China and they are doing their dossier now. She was ok with the 4 year wait, but she got online and heard people are talking 7-10 year wait for a referral. There is also a rumor that China is going to close down except for special need adoptions. I don't have the heart to tell her most likely it's all true.

What saddens me more is knowing there are still so many children in the Chinese orphanage. What will happen to them?

Thankfully, I know my God is more concerned about them then I am. I pray He will help these children.