We are still waiting for news on our LOA. This last month or so has felt longer than the entire process. Everyday we wonder if today is the day. I would be lying if I said that it hasn't been difficult. We have looked at her sweet face since October, had our paperwork done since December and we still wait. In the midst of the waiting God has been good, He has met us and blessed us. We know our little one is happy, and we have been blessed to see those smiles on her face through pictures and video.
Thank you Jesus for taking care of our little girl until she can be in our arms. Bella's third birthday was July 1st, we sent her a cake and it looks like she loved it! Oh we wish we could have been with her to celebrate the beautiful gift she is! Please pray with us that we hear good news and can move onto the the next step of the process very soon.
Lord strengthen our weary hearts and give us patience and joy in the process.
WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHEMED LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I.
Psalm 61:2
July 13, 2010
Still Waiting
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Sarah, I cannot believe you are waiting still! Oh my you precious things!! I know only too well how hard it is to wait and wait and wait!!!! I shall be praying for that patience and joy in the midst!! I hope to see LOA posted on your blog soon!!!
I do not know if you know, but we are expecting again!!! Baby number five!! It has been quite a surprise I can tell you!!
Love you all. How are the children doing as they wait? It must be so hard for them to understand. Sometimes it is hard to understand God's way in the midst of it all but it always makes sense
afterwards.
I think of you often and lift a prayer for your beautiful little one waiting in China. And for you waiting, waiting at home!
Soon!
Wow! That's such a long time! When you say you saw her in October and are still waiting-all I could think was-"oh my goodness that's as long as we've had our Izabella! I can not imagine!" Of course we know--after you do meet her--you'll look back and know the answers to the timing--and it will all be so perfect you wouldn't change a thing! Perhaps you even know some of this now. Of course that knowledge doesn't change the ache in your heart to wrap your arms around her--whisper words of love and comfort in her ear--and bring her home--forever!
Praying for you while you wait--no matter how many times you've been through it--it's soooo hard--never easy!
I am so sorry that it hasn't come, yet! It's sooo frustrating that there is no rhyme or reason to how CCAA works! HUGS and hang in there...it will come!!!
Sweet Sarah.
I am praying for you and precious Bella.
I learned waiting for Myna that the waiting is hard, so so so hard.
There is no getting around it.
It hurts, deeply.
Somedays it's hard to just put one foot in front of the other.
But I also learned, and I know you already know this.....that God's timing is PERFECT!
He knows the end of this beautiful story and He will complete it in a way that will put us all in awe of Him!
Love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elicia
Praying for patience and your sweet Bella....Esther looks SO grown up in the picture below..no baby anymore..
Sarah, I am shocked that your LOA is still not here. We had a similar wait for our Ellie - the wait that never seemed to end. It did though and your wait will too. Just keep looking to God who makes all things possible and who is in complete control of your adoption and its timeline - even if it is ever so slow to you.
Glad you received the photos and video. Jan
Praying for you as you wait.
Blessings,
Sarah
Lord, your timing is perfect, your ways are not ours. As you hold the Strand family including little Bella in your merciful hands, bless them with your strength to press on toward the goal, forgetting what is behind them, reaching for what is yet to come. We love you Most Holy One. Thank you answering our prayers. Amen.
Oh, Sarah, my heart aches with yours. I know how excrutiating the wait is. Praying you hear news SOON. Really SOON. Trusting God in the wait and praying with you every moment. I love you!!!
If good things come to those who wait...then you guys are in for all the amazing goodness God has to offer! Blessings!
Hi Sarah! It was so good to see you and your kids at Red Letter a couple weeks ago!
The waiting is always the hardest part of the adoption process. I am praying for all of you. There is a song by Fireflight that I think would really speak to you called "For Those Who Wait" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkv4QlOqDlM&feature=channel
Jennifer
I have no words...I am sooo sorry you are still waiting. It just doesn't make sense!! I have been praying for you and I will continue to do so!! Hugs mama!!!
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