A glimpse of His plan

It has been a windy road over here and some days we just do all we can to hang on as the Lord leads us down roads seldom traveled. The past week has kinda been all over the place. I called our agent on Tues and again the gal that has been working the case (this is not the gal that I've worked with the whole time through the paperwork) told me what she always says...I haven't heard anything but I will email Russia. I wasn't happy with that answer, this has been going on alittle over 2 weeks and someone somewhere has to know more. Is this actually being worked, are they doing what they need to do, how are they trying to find this man to get him to sign off? I needed answers. Later in the day on Tuesday I called the gal I've always worked with and explained my frustration, to us this is serious. She totally agreed with me and said she would take this to someone higher up so we get answers. By Wednesday morning I got a call and she had answers. She told me that the coordinator in Russia is very hopeful and thinks we need to wait this out. We were also informed that she would not have to go back on the database for another 6 months like we were previously told. This was great news. We were faced with allot of questions this week like how long will you wait for her, do you want to start another adoption while we wait, do you just want to look at other referrals, we had no idea how to answer any of these. All we knew was that God hasn't shut the door and we believe she is our daughter so how can you move on. A friend of mine said its not over til its over so we began praying that if God wanted the door shut that He would just shut it so we could move on...within two days we good this great news. God has given us a glimpse of His plan and we're holding on to that right now. We have no idea how long we'll need to wait but as a family we've agreed that we'll wait as long as needed or until God closes the door.

We covet your prayers at this time and are praying that every door that needs to be opened in Russia is opened soon so we can make our 1st visit.

Dear Amara,

There isn't a moment in the day that goes by that you aren't thought about. Mommy, daddy and your 2 brothers are running through rough waters and jumping every hurdle possible to bring you home. We almost can't stand the thought of you waking up one more day in the orphanage but we trust God is taking care of you. Keep catching our kisses in the wind and know that the 4 of us back here waiting for you will never ever give up or forget about you. We love you and so does God.

Be there soon,
Love Mom, Dad, Tristan and Austin