What do I say about today?

I want to say "FINALLY"! or title this post "It's about time!" or "It's finally real!", but you know, those post titles are yet to be. 'It' hasn't happened yet. We haven't heard about the boys, or which boys we could get, or gotten the 'referral', or heard anything specific. The waiting continues, or maybe I should say, the waiting just started. We found out today from our case manager, Anya, that we are finally registered in Russia as of today. Okay, well in my mind I think that took quite a long time. But we are new to the adoption scene, and don't have a clue what truly to expect, so we have to take it as it comes. It is nice to know that we are finally registered. We are now on file over there officially, and the waiting begins! Praise be to the Father! I am glad our waiting has a beginning. I keep hearing it will be 6-12 months, so we have to get more focused on the little nitty gritty details of being prepared (as if we could ever be prepared for this really). ~~~~~~Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10 ~~~~~~~~

We're taking them with us! ! !

The girls, that is! ! ! Diester and I have decided to take the girls with us to Russia. YEA! ! ! I am sooooo excited! ! To have them with us, the experience of a trip to Russia, getting to meet their brothers! Doesn't that sound great? There were many issues to consider, but at this point, we need to start getting them ready to go~~passports, immigration issues, etc. OOPS~~ now we just need to convince our case manager at our adoption agency. Waiting to hear back from them!

In the midst~~

Well, as most of you have heard by now, a little boy that was adopted only last September from Russia by an American woman was put on a plane by himself and returned to Russia. Tomorrow, he turns 8 years old~~how sad that this has happened to him! Being abandoned twice~~I couldn't imagine the heartache! So, the Russian gov't is leaning toward considering stopping the adoptions to America. If people were truly in control, I might be fearful, sad, depressed, and hopeless. But, I know that my God is in control, and He knew beforehand that this precious little child of His would be abandoned, just as He has known abandonment also. The news is bad~~a little boy being abandoned! ! The atrocity of it! ! However, God is in control. We are instructed in God's word to be thankful in all situations, and I was telling God that I was thankful to Him in this situation, in spite of the repurcussions that could take place, and prevent our adoption. I wanted to make sure that I didn't let the evil one bring doom on my thoughts. It is a bit hard to always trust well~~the flesh can bring us down, and so Sunday in church as we were in quiet time, I was really struggling with this whole situation. God brought a reminder to me. John 14:1 says "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I am so thankful for His word in my life. Diester and I are believing. We know God showed us that He would protect us through this, and we are believing Him. Praise God! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Adoptions do work, and bring children to their 'forever family'. We are believing God!