The Waiting 'Game'

Have you ever waited for a pot of water to boil?  I mean, it sounds so simple.  Boiling water is quick and easy, that is, until you watch it happen.  Then, the six minute process feels like eternity.  After a could minutes you begin to see little bubbles forming on the bottom of the pan, and you think "we're almost there!" and then, nothing.  A few minutes later a little more hope, but still no boiling water.  Honestly, I typically get impatient and I put whatever I needed to cook into the water early.  I am not known for my patience.

When we adopted Henry the lady we were working with probably hated me.  I told Gretchen all the time that she needed to call and check in on the process.  I wanted to know where we were and what was going on.  I probably told her to call several times a day.  Sometimes I would tell her to call a couple hours after she got off the phone with them.  Some things never change.

Now I can't call the adoption agency every day (thanks to the time change, something I am sure AAI is thankful for!).  Now, each night I sit by my computer and wait for an email.  To me, it feels a lot like waiting for that water to boil, only on this I cannot cheat and start early.  Well, last night we got an email, and we have a small reason to celebrate.

Next week we will have our initial meeting with our social worker.  She is going to explain everything to us about the home study process.  Our prayer is that at this meeting we will be given some things that we can do to help us pass the time, such as finger prints, mental evaluations, physicals, FBI background checks, you know, all the things we know we have to get done but we cannot do yet...boiling water.

God is amazing though.  This lady goes to our church.  She said about 75% of the people that she is currently working with are associated with Koza in one way or another.  I have been amazed at the things God is doing at and through Koza.  A culture of adoption is something we have been praying about for a long time now.  It something that we do not want to stop.  If any of you are interested in adoption, let me know.  I will talk with you and help explain the process as best as I can.

Please continue to pray for us, as we hope to begin fundraising soon.  We are waiting on some paperwork from AAI before we can officially begin, but Gretchen has been working through a billion fundraising ideas.  God bless, and please continue to sit by your computer waiting on a update from us...waiting for the water to boil. :)