Another bump in the road...

It's been a pretty hard week for me, I have to admit. More than anything it frustrates me that it is so easy to forget Who is really in control of every detail.

I'll try to make a long story a little shorter:

The Ortega Law was passed on Tuesday and basically stated that all adoptions that are submitted for review at PGN (in Guatemala) will be "grandfathered in" and continued as normal.

I was supposed to have finished my home study today. But when this news was passed on Tuesday, I got a call from my social worker. She didn't sound too concerned at first, but then asked me about my apartment. She had told me that moving into a one bedroom wouldn't affect my homestudy at all. I've been in my apartment for 2 weeks. But with this passing of the law, apparently this will make a big difference in the timing. I would have to do a home study update later on (after I would move into the 2 bedroom... which I didn't know I would have to do).

So, I talked to my landlord and found out there will be a 2 bedroom available the end of January, and after renovations I will be able to move in around the middle of February. My social worker will be writing my home study in the meantime and will actually send me a copy when she gets far enough along. She says that the day I move in she will be available to do the home tour and finish up the report to send it off immediately to DHR.

I feel so far behind and a little scared that I've somehow messed things up. It's easy to point fingers and say "what if this" and "if only that", but when it really comes down to it, I have to believe that God is in control of all of this. I know that it is true and if I didn't know that I think I'd be driving myself insane trying to figure this all out. But my hope is in God and I trust His Word. He cannot lie and He WILL get the glory.

So basically, the home study is put off until February, I will be getting my dossier finished by then, and hopefully Guatemala will be accepting paperwork on adoptions by then so I can just keep rolling with this.

sigh.

I was able to send a small Christmas present to Flor with another family who is going to pick up their new baby sometime in the next week. I sent her a nightgown, a little blanket, and a picture album with 6 pictures of her new family. I hope she enjoys it.

Please pray for me and Flor if you think about us. It's been a pretty hard few days, but I am so thankful for my God who is my strength. God bless.