God's Timetable, Not Ours!!

Many of you have been wondering if we've gotten our call to travel - we have not! Yes, this is incredibly frustrating, especially since we know everything is in Korea that we need and our agency is even expecting that we should get our call any moment!! A lot of my thoughts are moving toward the following - "What is God trying to teach us?" I'm not sure, but I do know that He is blessing us in the process of this waiting. The first big praise is that my neck/shoulder/arm are way!! better and this would have been a huge problem last week if we would have gotten our travel clearance (TC). The second thing is that plane tkts are $1000 less EACH than they were 2 weeks ago - this is HUGE!

I guess He wants us to know that He is completely capable of taking care of the details and He is very aware of the circumstances (even when we can't get our little pea-brains around that fact!). He knew about Gannon way before we did and He loves him way more than we ever will. Thankfully He is so gracious and lavishes us with His grace and mercy! He is limitless in what He puts up with from us! Our unbelief, our impatience, our frustration...the list is endless, yet He sent Jesus to be born for us and to die for us so that we can experience Him. Oh, wait a minute...yes, we did just celebrate this fact!! Our memories are so short!

So, what's next? More waiting! We were hoping to be travelling to Korea tomorrow (Saturday), but now we are hoping to be travelling by next Saturday at the latest! Our Home Study update (required by Texas) expires shortly and if we don't get our call and travel by the 20th, we have to shell our more $$ and go through yet another social worker visit (we've already had 3 - the main HS and 2 updates). Also, Gareth's b-day is coming up and we have a big party planned on the 25th - we will not be able to leave for that...definitely putting a little stress into the situation! Again, God knows all of this...

I admit, I'm a control freak, but there is nothing I can do to make it happen on my timetable - I just have to be patient and wait on God. His timing is perfect ALWAYS! We trust Him to do what's best for us every moment! I believe this with all of my being even though it's painful, frustrating, etc. He loves us and we love Him...we will wait for Him to say,

'Yes, it's time to go and bring your child home!'

For His Glory, Melinda