Gifty is home...

Our sweet friends, the Baker's have brought their precious girl home. 

Gifty is an orphan NO MORE!

It has been a couple weeks now. No doubt, their family is going thru a lot of transitioning, bonding, adjusting, and so on... I have checked on them a couple times, but want to give them the space and time that is oh so needed right now.

The realization of this has been huge in my life. It has given me the little bit of hope that I need at this time. 

Our home study is getting close to expiring. I need to get it updated. I have reached out to the social worker and got the appropriate paperwork to move forward. Now...I need the "will-power" to put pen to paper and DO it. I would be lying if I said I am motivated to do so. I am lacking some motivation for sure. Motivation to do all the cumbersome paperwork again. Not lack of motivation to adopt. My heart still yearns to desperately Minus1Orphan.

This past weekend was Orphan Sunday. It was EXACTLY one year ago when we officially kicked off the 'Snodgrass Adoption Campaign' to Minus1Orphan.

Knowing an entire year has passed and yet, we wait. We still wait for that referral. A referral to be matched with a child or child(ren) to be a part of our forever family. I want to ask God that notorious question, the giant elephant in the room, the 'WHY?'. But I don't find myself able to actually ask Him that. In my heart, I know His ways are higher and there is a reason....although I may not understand at this moment in time.

Praying God to give us a referral soon. Would you pray with us?

"I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you." -John 14:18

My Facebook post today...

"Lord, why must we wait so long for a referral??? Getting ready to start the process to update our homestudy as it expires annually and we need to keep the info current at all times..."

To which I received some very sweet replies from several friends and one included a Bible verse:

Isaiah 40:31 

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

One friend said, "He's Not Done Yet". While I know that to be true in my head, my heart feels otherwise. Wondering why there are so many orphans out there in this world and our family waits. Waiting for nine months now...just for the referral. The time frame will be compared to being pregnant 2 or 3 times before this process completes itself. If you have ever been pregnant, you do NOT wish it to last longer than what it is. So, for just one moment, try to picture that, if you can. And now you might just ever so slightly begin to see / feel what it is like to be in my shoes.

My prayer has changed recently. While I know His timing to be perfect, I am now praying God would reveal the child(ren) to us soon. To not have us continue to wait. At least not wait too much longer at this stage.

There will be much more waiting to come. I see it first hand in our friends that are in Ghana now. Hoping, praying for their sweet girl to come home soon. We are praying earnestly for them. God make it so. Make this world Minus 1 Orphan. Or 2.