Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

Many people ask us regularly, "Have you heard anything about your baby?" Unfortunately, the answer is, "no," and will probably be, "no" until next fall. When we started the adoption process in October 2005, the wait time for China to process our paperwork was about 6-8 months. As China has been making decisions and changes, their wait time has increased, and is now about 15 months. Our paperwork was logged into China's system mid-June of 2006, so we're hoping that we hear back sometime this fall. Our prayer is that we get to go get her no later than November. This long wait time is definitely difficult, but the Lord recently reminded us that even though it appears that China is in control, He is still Lord, and ultimately the timing is in His hands!