Posting Delays...

Wow! I don't recall summer vacation ever keeping me so busy...? I have not even had time to post. Blogging has become something I really enjoy. As I reflect on the happenings of our lives, I appreciate being able to write about it all. Writing it down gives me a chance to work through things, understand what's going on and internally process it all. Hopefully, things will slow down, or I will at least be able to schedule in some more frequent writing soon.

I feel as if I am in a holding pattern here emotionally and mentally. We are still praying, hoping, wishing and wanting some good news about Daniel's adoption status. I am so anxious for the family trip to Haiti. Since November, when we scheduled this mission trip, we hoped we would be able to tell Daniel he is going to be our son while on this trip. We thought it would be the perfect time with Tim, Megan and Kate there with us. We thought it would be a wonderful experience for our children to be such a "big" part of our family's adoption process. We thought it would be a wonderful celebration with our "whole" family while we all traveled to Haiti together. We thought it would a blessed time to see Daniel's reaction to receiving a mama, papa and three siblings. We thought it would be so cool to explain to Daniel that he has a new Haitian brother living upstairs. We thought it would be such an incredible experience being able to do all of this together ~ all seven of us!

We still pray that all of our "thoughts" will be a reality in another week. Right now, we wait. It seems Daniel's paperwork may possibly be progressing; however, we still do not know for sure what his status is with Social Services and Three Angels. So, for now, we continue to pray, we prepare for our trip and we anxiously await to serve our Lord.