Request

While Dave was watching the game tonight - yes I admit I am not a big football fan. I was reading some of the blogs of other families that have adopted or are in the process of adoption and I was reminded. Reminded of not so many months ago of the pain and frustration of our adoption process taking so long. The nights I would just wonder if were ever going to be able to bring home my baby. The night Dave would have to listen to me cry and say I just want my baby. Of not being able to just go and get our son and bring him home so that we no longer needed to put our life on hold and try and plan when Jacob might be able to come home and when we he would finally be a physically part of our family.

So my request is that you could say a prayer for the families that continue to wait to bring home their children from Vietnam. Some of these families have waited longer than what we waited. These children need to be home with their family! The parents need to be able to forget about the time when all they did was wait and try and not to count every minute and second until your child comes home! These families need to have the peace of mind that these children are home and just down the hall rather than around the world!

I have I heard and said many time international adoption is not for the faint of heart - but these families have gone above and beyond what any family should be asked to do - so I am praying that all approvals are finally given and travel approvals are signed so that 2009 will be the year when you can finally put the waiting behind then~ I hope you will pray too!