Two/three days later and we’re still on our referral high! Thanks to everyone for your words of encouragement and congratulations. Please continue to pray for our Ethiopian court dates. We may not get a response in 2 days like our last request for prayer, but getting a court date before the courts close for the rainy season would be amazing. The sooner we can get them here and start fattening them up and loving on them the better!
And as we are on our high, we cannot help but think of those of you who may have recently received a setback in your adoption process or remain waiting in one stage or another. We know that sometimes it may feel like 2 steps forward and 1 step back, but we have come to accept that every step in obedience to God’s call is really a step towards Him. Some steps in the adoption process (and in our Christian walks in general) may be more difficult than others, but that is where the real work of sanctification happens.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4
We pray for your perseverance, and ours, through the rough patches as we continue on the adoption journey. And we hope you take comfort during the difficult times, as we do, in knowing that Jesus joyfully endured suffering to pay our ransom (Hebrews 12:2), and "in all things works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28).
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