Update on Dania

I am diverting from my schedule this morning to update on all that has happened with my dossier and my adoption. Basically nothing has happened for the last 2 months, I was just notified last night that my file along with 23 others is being "studied" and awaiting signature to go on to the next phase. I found out one of the problems about why this is taking so long. There is a law on the books in Haiti from 1974 that states only childless couples will be eligible to adopt, but the need was always so great that all govt. officials would usually by pass the law, well every time the govt cleans house and gets in new people, they don't want to be accussed of neglecting the law, so it becomes a touchy situation. They have in the past always got permission to by pass, but it just slows everything down. So the pattern for Haiti has been up and down for years, for a while adoptions will just fly through, but then someone corrupts the system and they take their sweet time, then the govt cleans house and replaces people with hopefully better people, but they tend to be cautious of the law or don't care about their job. They are trying to get that law changed, but once again we are dealing with a 3rd world country, so who knows what will happen.

Since so many people ask me on a weekly basis how I am doing with all this, I thought that I would take a minute and write about how I have felt through this whole process. This is not my first child so I do not have all the nervousness and uncertainty that comes along with the 1st. This whole process has been smooth to me, although pretty long, we are now in our 18th month, at least 3 or 4 of those months were our delaying the process. One of my life's motto has been "good things come to those that wait", I have said that 1000 times if I've said it once. I say it to myself, others, and my children constantly. Dania is fine where she is because she has the one true God as her father until we get there. I truly believe that God's timing is best, that being anxious is a lack of faith in the one that says he will be a father to the fatherless, and through this whole thing God has revealed himself to me in so many ways that I have never really understood before. It seems that every few weeks I gain some little insight or tidbit into the character of God, and it is slowly transforming me. When we decided to adopt I knew that there was a grander purpose than just adding another member to our family, or changing the life of one little girl. God has given me a greater vision for the oprphans of the world, for what it means to be a child of God and adopted into his kingdom, the list goes on and on. I feel called to stand patiently and wait for what the lord has for me in this life. I do long for her to be a part of this family and share with us the blessings that our merciful God has given us. I can't wait to see what her personality adds to our family, and how she will change us all, but for now all I can do is be like the persistent widow who knocks on the door of heaven, and to me that knocking doesn't look or sound frantic, frustrated, angry, or hopeless. I can hardly wait to see how this chapter in our lives plays out, I'm pretty sure it will be a best seller.