You Gotta Have FAITH....

In this roller coaster journey called adoption we have come to know that you gotta have faith....the kind of blind, raise your hands to the heavens and just submit to whatever comes, kind of faith. The kind that any normal human would find so so difficult....and yet when your adopting, that is exactly what you are asked to do. Let go of all control and have FAITH that it will all work out the way its supposed to in the end. That the timing you'd like is not always the timing that will come.......through it all FAITH will get you through.

Several weeks ago another batch of EP's were submitted........to our knowledge we were not among them. Initially we were sad, but taking a step back we realized that this entire wait is out of our control....we have done all we can do and now its up to others to do their part to unite us as a family. I have made a conscious effort to be a more graceful, patient waiter. And have FAITH that Jaelah Yun-jeong will come home when she's supposed to. Don't get me wrong....this wait is torturous, and is definately not easier the second time around. There are some good days and some really really tough days.

So....what's a girl to do when she's just relying on FAITH....well put her focus on more "important" things............

Like buying hairbows for Jaelah from another adoptive momma's store online....so so cute.

Like searching for the perfect gifts for the foster family that has taken care of your girlie for all this time.

Like shopping for gifts for all the staff that have worked endlessly in Korea to bring us together as a family.

Like picking up things here and there...like rice cereal, desatin, hand sanitizer, preemie clothes, baby clothes, baby cream etc to donate to Holt for all the other babies waiting on FAITH for their families to come for them.

(If any of you would like to pick up any of these items for donation feel free and we'll bring them along when we travel).

So...we're walking the end of this journey on FAITH alone............we may stumble a time or two, but we know in the end...when we become a family of 4....all of this...each and every tear, each and every sleepless night, each and every question will be answered....because it will turn out EXACTLY how its meant to be.......full of FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!