The Waiting Game...

It takes much patience to wait.

Or so I am learning.

We are simply waiting to be invited to travel.

We were told that it may be early January when we would hear.

But we are still here and…January is now February.

Most likely when we do we receive an invitation to travel, it will be with short notice.  Hopefully, we will be given a full week of notice before we are supposed to be in country.

So a whirlwind of activity will take place once we get that call!

We will be…

 packing suitcases for an overseas adventure

 booking last minute flights

 arranging childcare for 5 children

 setting schedules for 5 children

equipping our Grandparents with lots of coffee, medical releases and 5 children 

 gathering papers

and then off we go…

for a week

to visit our precious baby.

I lay awake at night wondering what she will think of us.  

Will she shy away?  Cry?  Jump into our arms?  

Will she know we are there for her?  What will it be like to hold her?  

To see her sweet smile?  To stare into her innocent eyes?  

To hold her little precious hands in our own? 

To tell her that she finally has a mama and a daddy?  

I long for that.

 Yet... I am trying to be content where God has placed me right now.

Waiting.

So many of these feelings resemble those I had while pregnant.  

The good thing about pregnancy though, 

is that the due date is a little more concrete…typically only 9 months.  

Here, we are anticipating  another 4-6 month wait 

when we return home from the first trip.

So pray with us in the waiting.

I know that we are simply waiting for the Lord to move.

Waiting for Him to say Go.

Waiting for Him to clear the path.

To make the way straight.

To lead with His presence.

It is HIS timing.

It is His plan.

His mighty hands work all things together and I am confident in Him.

“Wait for the Lord.

Be strong and take heart

and wait for the Lord.”

Psalm 27:14