Prayers

We are at a point in this process and in our lives where we need prayer now more than we have ever needed it before. That is not to say that it could never get worse and we won't need more prayer later, but rather that we have not had to go through something like this so long and challenging in the past.

We have many things to be thankful for and are thankful for them all (those that we realize). Faith, family, friends, food, funds, clothing, shelter, etc...all of those things we are much more appreciative of because of this experience than we have ever been before.

This current trial is very wearing on me and my family. The children are doing well and appear to be more resilient (perhaps because they have the child-like faith and trust that we loose as we become adults who are more "in control" (so we think) than we were when we were younger). Tina is...OK and I am...OK. We often struggle to find the joy in our circumstances.

I am asking for your prayers - please hold us up in your prayers! Pray that the adoption gets finished. Pray that we can find the strength in our Lord to persevere to the end of this adoption process. Pray that we not fail in our faith and trust and not grow hard, weary hearts. Most of all, pray that the Lord's will be done through us in His timing, not ours, and that we are accepting of that timing.