MOI Approved!!

We received an email last night that we are  officially approved by MOI and now waiting for Carson's passport to be printed!!  I tried to imagine the orphanage director yesterday taking 4 toddlers on a 2 hour road trip, leaving at 6am for a 9am appt at the passport office, with no car seats, no juice boxes or goldfish crackers, no DVDs of Veggie Tales for them to watch on the way, through the heat and bumpy crazy roadways... Wow.  It truly is amazing that this stuff gets done down there and no one falls out of the truck!

Needless to say, we are elated!  We still have all the steps as outlined in the last post, but this IS a major milestone!  Thank you GOD!

With that said, I have to say that on my way home from work last night (I didn't know this news yet), I was brought to tears by my thoughts.  I have cried out many times in the last several months, "Oh God, I can't DO this anymore."   I was reminded that in a recent quiet time reading His word and through prayer, I felt as if He was saying to me, "Then stop DOING.  Trust ME, I've got this covered!"   I told you these things so that you can have peace in Me.  In this world you will have trouble, but be brave, I have defeated the world!  John 16:33

This is sooo out of context for me, someone who likes to know what expect, who gathers as much info as possible to make a well informed decision, who loves to organize and keep things straightened up.  Messy is difficult and the unknown is almost impossible for me!  Yet this process is teaching me to trust, growing my faith, learning to rely on God and less on myself. (I can still try to keep my home clean and organized though:)

I leave you with this~
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28

Thank you all. 
Sincerely,
Elizabeth