Patience
I think as Christians we often long to show that swift answer to prayer. I really wanted to share with you all that our recent prayer for Muaysai’s paperwork was answered, but we are still waiting. In reading an old college friends’ new book, “ Adoption in the Rearview ” recently, I was reminded how we love to share the nice and tidy packages of God’s presence and grace because they are comforting and affirming. However, we can’t neglect to show the reality of the process which doesn’t always follow the direct route as planned. The reality of our process is that I really believed we would have definite answers about Muaysai’s paperwork, but quite simply... we have yet to receive that swift answer to prayer we were looking for. I really believed that God was going to be able to answer our prayer for Muaysai’s paperwork by Christmas. Could this have been possible? ... of course. Did it happen? No. The short of it is that rising numbers of COVID in Thailand forced adoption authority ...