Sunday, October 23, 2011

It was one of those days...

We've all had those days, when you get the feeling you really should just go back home and go to bed.  Tuesday of last week was one of those days.  I got out of bed at 4:20am to eat breakfast and spend time in the Word and fellowship with my heavenly Father.  Then I headed outside to walk the, dog, Ginger and the cat, Tiger, had left parts of a dead animal at the back door.  The cat had successfully pulled every major organ out of the poor animal.  Yeah!!!  Cleaning up that mess wasn't what I wanted to spend time (time I didn't have) doing.  Thank you, dad, for helping me clean up the mess the cat left!
I had a haircut scheduled at 8:00am, so when I got ready for work, I decided to save time by not washing and fixing my hair.  Normally, the bus picks Noah up at 7:35 and I leave and take Brian to EMCA after Noah is picked up and drop him usually five minutes 'til 8:00.  Well, this particular morning we waited for the bus to come until 7:45 and it never came.  So, at 7:45, we left to take Noah and Brian to school.  Noah was on time, but Brian got to school ten minutes late.  Any other morning, I wouldn't have distressed so much, but this morning, I had not washed and fixed my hair and I REALLY didn't want to walk into the school looking as bad as I did!  I had thoughts of just dropping him and not walking in to check him in, but I did.
Well, throughout the day, again and again, things kept happening and I kept thinking, "I knew I should have just gone back to bed!"
Early in the afternoon, our case worker from our adoption agency called on my cell.  A voice in my head kept saying...don't get your hopes up, don't get your hopes up, yes, it is time to receive our letter of confirmation from China, but wait to hear what she says, to make sure it is news worth celebrating before getting excited.
And she was not calling with the exciting news I was hoping for.  Instead she was calling to say there was a problem with our paperwork.  We had to give details on a medical form about any surgeries we have had and we disclosed on the form that we had been in a car accident and had surgery for the injuries from the car accident.  We also had to send a letter from the doctor about the surgeries with a statement confirming that our injuries nor the surgeries would keep us from being good parents.  The problem was that on one form, there was a typo and it stated the accident and surgeries were in the year 2006 and the letters from the doctors correctly said the accident was in 1996.  So, we had to go back to the Dr. and get the medical form redone, signed, notarized and then had to take them to be county certified and state certified.  On Wednesday we mailed the corrected forms to All God's Children and on Thursday they mailed them to DC to be authenticated.  Tiffany thinks she should have them back by the end of next week and then she will mail them to China. 
The good news is that China no longer automatically penalizes the family 6-8 weeks for a mistake like they used to do.  Praise the Lord!!!  It will take a couple of weeks longer, but hopefully no more.
Thank you all so much for your prayers!!!  We really need them.  This is SO hard!!  My theme song currently is Mandisa's "Stronger", knowing in my heart that this time of waiting will be over soon and while we wait, God is making us stronger.  We must trust in Him and when our strength is gone, we "fall into the arms of Jesus".