A Bump in the Road

They said this process would be a roller coaster.  They were right!  Last night we had a great time at our first fundraiser!  A dear friend from church opened her home to several families in the process of adoption. We each set up a table and were able to raise a little money for each of our adoptions.  We have now sold our whole first batch of paper bead necklaces, Yay!  But even better was the sweet fellowship!

Today, has been a bit of a downer.  We contacted our stateside representative that we are working with for a very simple question.  We received some unwelcome news.  In a nutshell, he told us that the adoption process in Uganda is very up in the air.  Due to a lot of corruption, etc. the laws are changing...at some point; we just do not know when or what that will mean.  In all likelihood, one thing it will mean is Uganda will probably become an agency only country.  We are not using an agency because we are working directly with a specific orphanage.  Our heart is really with this orphanage and we would prefer to continue working with them.  However, if we continue on the with the process we are currently using we run a fairly high risk of the laws changing and not being able to proceed.  If we change now and go with an agency, we will no longer be able to work specifically with the orphanage that we have been using and currently sponsor a child at.  It is also fairly certain that things will slow down quite a bit regardless.

After talking to a few people today and thinking about things, we have decided to proceed as we have been but with much more determination...we have been told the quicker we can get everything in and processed, the better.  I have also contacted an agency that will be willing to work with us and transfer our information in the event that the laws change mid-stream.  We are feeling a bit discouraged and a bit frustrated, but we were warned that this journey would be full of ups and downs so I guess we are not totally surprised.

We have our first home study interview next week and I am hoping that we can fit all of the meetings in fairly quickly and get the ball rolling as much as possible.  So much is out of our control right now, but we can at least try to tie up all the loose ends on our side!

Anyway, for those curious for updates, that is where we are right now.  When you think of us, please pray that we will be able to clearly see the direction that we should be going and that we would make decisions wisely.  Pray that our faith would be strengthened and that we would use this entire process...including the down days, to just glorify the Father.  Thanks friends!