Waiting, praying and worshiping

We received the wait time from our agency...12 months.  That is 365 days of waiting.  Our case manager said to hold the wait times loosely.  They can be longer, they can be shorter.  Only God knows.  

Tomorrow morning James and I have appointments with USCIS for yet another set of fingerprints.  If the Lord brings us to mind, please pray that the time it takes to process the fingerprints and receive adoption approval from USCIS would be short.   We are still waiting on USCIS to assign an appointment for Jordyn.  Until all three of us are 'cleared' :-)  we will not receive approval.  The process with USCIS usually takes 3-4 months....we submitted our application about a month ago.  

Much of the paper chase of adoption is submitting and waiting.  The waiting can get old very quickly.  I have found that it is much better for me to focus on how far the Lord has brought us then to think of how far we have to go.   I am reminded often of the line from the song, "While I'm Waiting", that says,  "While I"m waiting, I will worship you".  

Trying to spend our wait time....worshiping the one who holds time in His hand. 

Waiting List!!

As of 4:25 today.....WE ARE OFFICIALLY ON THE WAITING LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are #60 on the waiting list for a little boy (age:  under 24 months)  and #44 on the waiting list for a sibling set!!

There is much rejoicing in our home today!

The Swansons