A Change in the Plans

I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

This verse has been rolling through my head since Tuesday, and I have struggled to write this update. Tuesday afternoon we were notified that 2 couples at court who had been granted "verbal approval" on our trip, had that decision overturned...we were one of those couples.

For no wrongdoing on our part, the courts have now decided they want to investigate further our case before granting final approval. This, I am told, happens quite often-as 7 of the families we traveled with were notified upon return that they had not passed. The struggle for our family has been we had been moving forward with the sense we had "passed" only to find out 3 weeks later we had not.

Our next court appointment will be April 15th (we do not have to "physically" be there, but hope that all necessary documents are ready for the judge to approve at that time). I pray that the LORD will continue to wrap his arms around Isaiah during this time and give him a sense of the family-he doesn't know yet-loves him and misses him so heartbreakingly.

Rob has been the rock in this recent turn of events-I have not. It is always hard when you are faced with a challenge to try to see forward-earlier in the week I struggled with the sheer depth and width of the valley I felt we were now in, in my head I know God only gives us what we can handle...in my heart however I am at a loss.



I will continue to post pictures and things as I can from trip one-but felt important to share both the really good, and really bad of our journey with our friends and family.



jess