oooops!

Every few days I look through my 'while you wait for your RA' packet, making sure that I have all my paperwork in order for the day our RA call comes.  On that day, we have a major packet of papers to send off to clarify that the prior approval from the US government that gave us a blanket approval to adopt 'some' Chinese orphan now will be for a special known child from China.  As I was looking through all the notes that our adoption agency has been so good to spell out for us...I noticed something I hadn't seen before, or maybe I just ignored.  It talks about the expected wait times from PA to RA being 2-4 months, with an average of 2.5 months.   60 to 120 days.  Then it says "Don't compare yourself to other families and how fast or slow their RA have arrived" AND "Don't count the days".   Ooooooooooops!  Guilty.  This morning dawns as day 68, to be exact.  Others I have watched go through the process have waited in the 70-80 day range.  So after 68 days of counting and crossing the days off the calendar...I realize I shouldn't have been...oh well.  I will continue to count!  So day number 68....hoping for the wait to end this week and expecting it to go all the way to 120 days!  Either way, I know God's timing is perfect for us, for her, for me and as I battle the emotions that have attached themselves to my heart since day 1, I will continue to give it back to Him even for more than 120 days!

"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.  

Each day has enough trouble of its own."  Matthew 6:34