Now we wait!

Well, we requested to be matched with Guo Rong, the adorable 8 year old boy on Bethany's latest Child of Promise list! The requests had to be in to Grand Rapids by 12:00 noon on Monday, July 9 and they said they would let families know by Tuesday, July 10. There is a chance we will find out on Monday, but at least we don't have to wait so very long.

This was such an incredible decision. Eliza kept reminding us that if he is not meant to be in our family, we won't be matched with him so therefore we should simply send in the request! Such wisdom from our daughter and she is so right. We simply want what God wants for our family, nothing more and nothing less. We struggled with his initial diagnosis, which was a potentially debilitating skin disease causing his limp. We had decided that we were not able to handle that, but thought we may as well ask if China could clarify his report since our pediatrician, as well as my brother who was here for a visit, said the information didn't make sense. We asked our Social Worker, and she asked Grand Rapids, and they actually said they would see what they could find out (which they don't often do). We were shocked to get word last Thursday that China responded to their request for information! They said that the skin condition was no longer an issue; his need is simply that he limps. That changed our thinking completely! We were never really concerned about his age. We know that this presents possible problems with attachment related issues. But we trust God to give us the grace to handle everything that comes with this blessing.

The girls were all excited about the chance to bring him home. I have such a lot of things going through my mind, and I am thrilled to see what God is going to do. Neither Steve nor I entered this adoption process thinking that we would be adopting an 8 year old boy. I had adjusted my thoughts to believing that we would be bringing home another girl. So, now that we are anxiously waiting to see if we will be allowed to adopt Guo Rong, I am amazed at how God works. It certainly isn't what I thought would happen, but God is working for our good and the good of this precious child. How thankful I am to know that God is in control, because I could not plan things better than He can.

So, we wait until Tuesday! (I am sure not very patiently...)