The Next 48 Hours

When someone who has only ever emailed you over the past two years picks up the phone to call you at 9am exactly...you hold your breath.

Her voice was pleasant but her news was not. "We need you to be preparing yourselves..." I don't remember her exact words after that but what I heard was this. The next 48 hours are crucial. Cling to God and trust in his plan regardless of the outcome.

You see the Ugandan law requires a male relative to sign the form to relinquish parental rights. A mother cannot surrender a child for adoption by herself. Simon's father is dead. Apparently they have not been able to find another male relative to sign for Simon in his father's absence. If the lawyer is unable to find someone to sign for him by Friday they will encourage us to let him go. He'll be "unadoptable." After that they don't know quite what will happen to him. The orphanage can't keep him and no one wants him. They are going to "make some calls this week." And that is all we know.

But it's not really all we know because we know that God is good. We know that He has been going before us with every detail of this process. And we know that God is a father to the fatherless.

The next 48 hours are crucial. Please join us as we pray for Simon. As usual God blessed me with a song to be the words I can't find right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9pqTQQyZnE

"Carry Me"

I try to catch my breath
It hasn't happened yet
I'm wide awake in the middle of the night scared to death
So I prayed God, would You make this stop
Father please hold on to me, You're all I've got

Carry me, carry me, carry me now
From my sinking sand to Your solid ground
The only way I'm ever gonna make it out
Is if You carry me, carry me, carry me now
God carry me, carry me, carry me now

Jesus calm my heart
Come near me please
Lord don't let these worries get the best of me
Oh I believe, that You're still here with me
Cause You meant what You said when You said You'd never leave

Carry me, carry me, carry me now
From my sinking sand to Your solid ground
The only way I'm ever gonna make it out
Is if You carry me, carry me, carry me now
God carry me, carry me, carry me now

 I'm at the end of myself
I know I've got nothing left
Feels like I'm stuck in the valley of the shadow of death
And I've been down here so long
I just can't find my way out
Oh God I don't stand a chance
Unless You carry me now
God carry me now