I have heard other families going through the adoption process mention how waiting for a referral is a long and can be anxious process. I kept thinking to myself, 'I am so busy that I won't have time to worry about that, it will happen when it is supposed to happen...' LOL!!! Egg on my face, I feel like I did when I first found out I was pregnant with Selah. I got the book What to Expect When Expecting and I would torture myself by reading it every day and even reading ahead wondering what the pregnancy would be like. I would wish, pray and hope for time to fly! I would cry, be nervous and then repeat! Finally, the day came and she was born! I remember thinking how I spent most of my pregnancy wishing she were here and there she was! Simply amazing, God's little creation! All that waiting and there she was.
That is really how I feel right now with waiting for Noah! I don't know who he is, where he is but I know, he is out there! I know God has a little boy for us! I know God is preparing our hearts and lives during this time of waiting.

So, much like I did when I was pregnant with Selah and waiting in anticipation through a pregnancy book, I seem to be doing the same through our adoption agency's webiste...Our adoption agency has a page on their website for families that are in the 'waiting period' with a clock that shows what month/year that they are working on. For example the clock says that they are placing children with families that submitted their dossiers to Ethiopia in August of 2009. Just last week the clock read June 2009! Our dossier was submitted in March 2010. We were advised that our process could take another 9-12 months. I chuckled when I heard nine months, a lot like a pregnancy.

During this time I keep asking God, what are you wanting to do in me and my family during this time? This is really a faith building time! I can say he has been moving and preparing us in ways we didn't think possible! It's neat to take a step back and see how is hand is in this! Amazing to see how this is the right time for us a family to adopt, it's the right season.

Please keep praying for us during this time! Pray for Noah, that he is healthy and safe and that God will unite us as a family in his perfect time!