Fork in the road or flaw in the slaw...whatever you prefer

Like sands through the hourglass so are the adoption days of our lives.  Last week we received news from our adoption agency that we had hoped and prayed we wouldn't.  Mexico's CA (central authority) for the DIF (government run orphanages that we were adopting through) denied the appeal made by our agency.  We are saddened and unsure of what to do next at this point.  There aren't any other agencies doing adoptions through Mexico right now.  We knew that Mexico was one of the more difficult countries to adopt from and had been warned about that by EVERYONE.  But we believe these children deserve forever families also.  So many people shy away from Mexico because of how difficult it is and we have had such a love for the people of Mexico (specifically Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas) for so long that it just made sense for us.  We obviously know first hand now why people told us how hard it was to adopt from there, but we still believe those precious orphans...innocent children...need forever families.

Now we're left with so many questions.  Who will be able to adopt those children?  Will they ever get forever families before aging out of the system?  Will they ever know that they were wanted...that there were families in America that wanted to take them into their family as their very own just as Christ did for me?  And the biggest question for our family is...now what?  The only way that we can answer that is the same way we answer pretty much everything else in our family...much more prayer.  We would covet your prayers for us as a family for guidance and clear direction from the Lord...that Ernie and I would be of one accord with that direction from the Lord and for peace for whatever the Lord says for us to do.  We have been and are still asking for a miracle...MY GOD STILL WORKS MIRACLES!!!!  I believe that God is Who He says He is and can do what He says He can do.  He can change the hearts of any woman or man ANYWHERE in a split second.  I KNOW and totally believe that, but if He chooses not to do that then we have some difficult decisions to make and the hardest part is that it means Mexico won't be a part of it.

God knew this when we started this process.  We know that He wasn't surprised by this and we rest in His sovereignty.  God is always good and knows what is best for His children.  We are grateful for that and know that He will reveal what He has for our family next.  He has already begun doing that in other areas of our lives so we know that He Who has begun a good work will be faithful to complete it in our family.

Thanks for sticking with us throughout this process and please continue to pray for wisdom and we'll continue to keep you updated.