I barely hear You

We are still waiting on the Leader of the province to sign the next Letter of Invitation. Thuoc, our facilitator, has strongly warned that we cannot pressure, persuade or agitate the officials in the province. Without question, he feels any such maneuvers will continue to delay the process for all cases.

I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached down
and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day.
But once again, I say amen
and it's still raining
as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain,
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away.

Praise You in this Storm
Casting Crowns

And we continue to celebrate...

So many days of celebration! Saturday May 9 was my dear husband's birthday. He hates when people make a fuss over birthdays, so we quietly let it slip by with a simple card and a teeny tiny present. Sunday was Mother's Day however, and we can't just wave that one away. We were blessed to be able to celebrate it with my dear mother and my sister-in-law. I love that I get to watch my sister-in-law raise her boys. I am so thankful to have her in my life. The one we missed most though was my mother-in-law. Jacqie left us a few years back. I understand why God would have called her to be with Him though, she was an amazing woman who knew how to pray and praise Him in every circumstance. I am so thankful that I was blessed with a wonderful mother-in-law, even if it wasn't as long as we had all hoped.

Still no news on the adoption front. I don't know when and if this nightmare will end. I think we are all about ready to wake up and move on with our lives.

Jealousy

I grew up in south Florida and attended a private Christian school as a kid. Our school was affiliated with the Baptists, however the community that I lived in was Catholic and Jewish majority. I didn't have a lot of friends in the Catholic school, but I secretly wished my parents had chosen to send me to the Catholic school. We weren't Catholic, but we weren't Baptist either. Why? The holidays! Are you kidding? My mom was a public school teacher for most of my life and was off for every Jewish holiday as well as Christian holiday, but even so, I think that the Catholic school had more half days and days off than any public school. I was so jealous!

Well the Vietnamese trump the Catholics. Talk about holidays! No news this past week... another Vietnamese holiday.... Victory Day (April 30) and International Labor Day (May 1).