our new blog!

Dear Family and Friends,
We have decided to keep a blog to currently update you all on any news we get during this wait for our baby girl! We also plan to post during our entire trip to China this coming fall/winter, so you all can share in this awesome experience with us!
So far, theres nothing new that most of you don't already know. We were passed through the CCAA review room last month, which is something new and exciting b/c it means that they guarentee us that they have reviewed all our documents again and approve us for a baby! They are almost through matching people that are about five months ahead of us(Oct. 2005). We are being told "about" nine more months to go! The pace at which they are matching waiting families with babies is completly unbeknownst to anyone, it has been taking them 2 months to match up 1 month's worth of waiting families..........it's the question that boggles all of our minds here in the world of Chinese adoption.....WHY IS IT TAKING SOOOOO LONG?????
But....as in many things in this life, there is absolutely nothing we can do but wait patiently and trust in our Lord that he has a plan for all of us waiting to adopt! And only when the most perfect child, that's meant to be matched to each one of us, is hand picked by him, is then when we will know why it took so long!!! Trusting God during this emotionally, sometimes fretful, and at times, hopeless feeling journey, is what fills my heart with patience and understanding and willingness to keep my chin up and moving forward!!!!

For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray and I will listen
-Jeremiah 29, vs 10-13
Thank you Lord Jesus for being the rock we need to lean on!!!!!