What a week

Michael has written and updated everyone about the happenings of the week but I thought I would share my take on the whole thing.

Obviously, it has been extremely stressful for our whole family. On Monday morning, I decided to make it a special day and got up early and made homemade muffins and scrambled eggs with ham. We all sat down to eat together and prayed for the hearing. We also told the kids that after everything was done, we would go out to a nice dinner and just have a fun night. We wanted for the hearing to be the most minimum thought in their minds.

Well, I don't know if it really worked, at least my method of easing the situation. But, I will say that because of the prayers of all of you, there was a peacefulness on Monday evening that I couldn't describe. We went to the local mall and sat and ate, laughed, got some ice cream and just were together as a family.

We know that God is sustaining us through this whole ordeal and we know that He will be glorified in the end. There are so many Polish people, believers and those who have yet made that step, who are watching us, evaluating, waiting to see how we are going to respond. So many of them have said they would be furious if they were us and have bad-mouthed their country and the bureaucratic system. Through God's grace, we have been able to maintain our senses and have not fallen into the temptation to join them in speaking ill of Poland.

So, when this is all said and done, we will be able to give great testimony to how God has worked through this process of adoption. He has definitely changed so much in us as we have walked through the fire. But we are confident that we will come out on the other side. The Daniel study by Beth Moore had a great reminder for me...that when Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, the only thing burned away were their bonds. God has used this process to burn away many things in my character that have held me bondage. May He be given the glory for His great work in us!