Patience

My husband and I have been praying a lot.  Asking God to help us on this path he has called us to.  Asking God to keep our faith strong, even when the going gets tough (as it is bound to do).  Thanking God and praising Him for this calling, for believing we are worthy to raise a child of His.  

We got the packets from the agencies today.  It's been overwhelming, knowing that this will be a huge challenge for us.  We won't really be able to do much until a year from now.  My husband is in the military and deploying.  On the down side it means I need to practice patience.  On the upside, one of our worries was finances, we're young and a single income family, and after the deployment those should be much improved.  I'm also considering taking the time that my husband is away to look at getting a job to help save money for this.  We're frugal already, and this could be a bonus boost. 

Patience is not a big virtue of mine.  It's something I am constantly working on.  Reminding myself that everything has it's own time.  That He knows exactly the right moment for everything.  We have gone through all the information we had found online, as well as information that the agencies sent us, and we feel Ethiopia might be the best fit.  I ordered a book all about international adoptions with great ratings from Amazon, and plan to read that this week.  Instead of being impatient I am trying to set my clock to God's timing.  And to take that time to really pray a lot, and prepare our home and hearts.  To everything there is a season, and we should make the best of the abundance of whatever season we are in!