Sad but Calm ...

As our journey continues, I sometimes struggle with what to write. I have so many of my own questions and sometimes I start to doubt things too. For those who have never watched or followed an adoption journey it would be easy to think "she makes things up along the way." One day things are going smoothly and I confidently say "within in a month" or "within a couple weeks!" And then suddenly it's 3+ weeks or months or we simply "don't know." But, what I have learned is as much as I want everything to be planned and dates firm, well, International Adoption has many changing rules ... constantly changing procedures and rules! UGH! I want to yell UGH! But, I silently do so, in the back of my mind and yet, I'm at peace. A weird, unexplainable peace ... not really, I know it's God, God pouring his calming peace on me.
Anita and Maxwell's exit interview will hopefully be attended, via Power of Attorney, by our facilitator on Monday or Tuesday. Once the packet is submitted, we have been informed it could be 3+ weeks before the Visa's are issued. This is where my "Ugh" comes into play. Visa's used to be issued in a matter of days and now the US Embassy is conducting full investigations on all adoption cases. One might be wondering "what are they investigating and why?" Well, a few things (thank you Brady for shedding light on this) ... *Do the children meet the definition of orphans? **How did the children come to be in the care of the foster home? ***How did they come to be selected by an adoption agency? Basically, the embassy wants to be sure nothing illegal is going on, they want to understand how the Ghana adoption system truly works and they want to be sure our facilitator is not buying kids and their bio mom completely understands what is happening. So, all this being said ... we are thankful for the protection and yet we just pray the process to be quicker and the truth will prevail quickly ... as it always does! So, although I'm sad by the added time, I'm calm in the truth of God and His Love and His Light in our lives. We simply pray ... let's bring our beautiful Anita and handsome Maxwell home!