I'm long overdue to post an update. However, I don't even know what to say these days. As much as concerned friends and family want to ask about our adoption but have no idea what to say, I desperately want to share good news..but don't know what to say. This is taking altogether far longer than it should! With each passing day, I find more and more that my strength is gone. I must depend on the Lord. Praise God for His unfailing faithfulness! He alone will get us through this and get our girl home!
At the moment, He has me setting out on a journey. Not sure if you've heard the song Oceans by Hillsong United (certainly worth looking up if you haven't), but that has been the cry of my soul to God in these past few weeks. He's been calling me to let Him take me deeper, where my trust us without borders. I didn't realize that my trust did have borders. My faith needs to be made stronger. The only way to grow one's faith is through personal experience. God has called me to go to Haiti for a time and He's opened the necessary doors to get me there. So here I am, on a plane to Haiti, where I will remain for at least 3 weeks. You may recall that sometime back, we prayed for a specific date to pray that God would bring her home. That rapidly approaching date is April 18. That's the day i have to return from Haiti. So, tickets in hand, I bid farewell to my amazing family & friends and I'm following God's call. Honestly I don't even know what exactly He has planned for me in Haiti, but I know He will show me as He opens the necessary doors for our adoption to move forward. So, today my heart sings a little Sidewalk Prophets':
If there's a road I should walk, help me find it. If I need to be still, give me peace for the moment. Whatever your will, whatever your will, could you help me find it?
Please join me on this journey through prayer. Please pray for:
-me: safety in this foreign land, clarity in God's will, the boldness of a lion wrapped in the gentleness of a lamb, and that God would speak in me and through me.
-Eddie: peace in our time apart, God's guidance in the things He needs to be taking care of States side, and continued encouragement that God is good and He has working all of this for good
-Catrina: peace in this time of waiting, that Good would continue to work in her to prepare for this life-changing transition, and that He will bring her home on April 18, 2014!
