Yikes! July is flying by. As usual, I'm late getting a new post up. It's months like this that make our wait for our baby girl a little less painful though. If the rest of the year continues as fast as this summer has, another year will be here before we know it! Changes continue in Ethiopia. We're thrilled to say very good changes. They have increased from processing 5 orphans a day to 10. Woot woot! 10 is still a far cry from where we began but the point is that the number is rising as we had hoped. We also found out that MOWYCA will NOT be closing for the rainy season this year! (Woot woot again with a fist pump this time) This is great because it means Gladney can continue matching children with families thus moving our adoption along instead of being at a dead stop for a month or so. The changes so far in Ethiopia have been hard for us because they have pushed our adoption time line MUCH longer than we had expected but over all I'm very happy and at peace with the changes. As time goes on I've seen how all the changes work together to protect the children. There is more paper work and processing is much lengthier but it's all to better assure that child trafficing cannot happen.
God has continued to grow us, in so many ways, through this process. This season of our lives Daniel and I have been focusing in on peace. Gods peace is such a HUGE gift. He's been so gracious to bless us with peace about our adoption and the timeline as it changes. As well as the blessing of peace on us, we continually pray the blessing of Isaiah 54:13 over our future children. "Your children will be taught by the Lord and great will be their peace." This is our number one prayer. As always, I ask you to join me in praying peace over our baby girl and her birth mother. Times are challenging for Daniel and I but we're experiencing nothing compared to what the two of them will experience. Thanks again for all your love and support and until next month, Peace be with you.
