10 Weeks

If we have learned anything through adoption it is that time is a tricky thing. Everything is estimated and you can't cling to any individual time frame with expectations that it will be exact (or even close to accurate). This isn't anyone's fault per say. There is a lot of red tape and a lot of cultural differences, language translations, and multiple agencies and offices all connected to an individual case etc. We knew this when the phone rang on January 13th. Bill has reminded me of it often...just because they said 6 weeks doesn't mean it will happen that fast.

Here we are at 10 weeks. It took a week or so to get the original letter to Simon's family written and sent. So the "clock" on 6 weeks started late (see already I'm assuming there was an exact time frame...how can something with no target launch be late? Because a mother's heart understands a different timeline). A week ago we arrived at the 6 weeks deadline for the letters and we have heard nothing from Uganda. Lisa said the lawyer that is most familiar with Simon's case is on vacation, but friends in Uganda don't think she is on vacation. These are the times the enemy messes with me. Thank God for my husband (literally). He is always able to pull back and see the bigger picture. Even when I am irritated by his unending optimism and open mindedness he still gently and lovingly reminds me of God's bigger plan here.

We will hear about Simon at the exact right moment. Just as it has been every step of the way. We will travel to get Simon at the exact right moment (even if it doesn't seem exactly right when it's happening, we will look back and realize that God's fingerprints are all over our travel just as they have been all over every detail that brought us here.)

I wouldn't be honest if I didn't blog about the irritating moments. It has been so hard knowing about Malaria and Menigitus and overcrowdedness. This mommy just wants to get on a plane and find her son, but even more than that, this mommy wants to trust the Lord and wait on Him for His perfect plan.