Agency Trip: Day 10 Last Day!!

Our agency will be returning late tonight to the US. This is really exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. On one hand, the trip is over, it's complete, they've talked with people and discovered things. On the other hand, it's scary...what did they learn? What is the outcome? Can we still adopt from Uganda? How will this affect us?

And so we wait more. Adoption is all about waiting and we're doing our best to wait well. We won't hear anything until after the week of the 16th. We'll move in that time so we have plenty to keep us busy. And we will start the interview portions of the home study in the next few weeks. Even though the adoption has uncertainty, we still feel God's had pushing us forward with the home study/adoption.

Today....
Please pray for safe travels as our agency returns. Pray for easy flights, rest and a sense of answers and clarity.

Pray for our agency as they meet over the next few weeks to discuss what they found on the ground in Uganda and whether or not adoptions can continue

Pray for us as we wait and move and wait some more. Pray we keep our eyes focused on Jesus and continue walking faithfully with him.

Pray for our child/children, our adoption. Pray this is just a bump in the road to bringing Little Negrete home!

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