Please, whether you are "into" adoption or not, join me in praying for mountains to move in South Korea. For some reason, the govt has come to a standstill in the last year and is not processing immigration and travel papers for the children who've been matched with families to be adopted (Sidenote, no it isn't because lots of S. Koreans are starting to adopt the orphaned children in their homeland. Their culture places great value on preserving blood lineage). We are talking about families who accepted a referral over a year ago who have gotten nowhere!! Now, I'll tell ya, that is pure torture. It is awful for the adoptive parents. You may not believe me, but once you have a photo and have signed acceptance papers, you feel that child growing in your heart. No matter the ocean that lies in between, you are bonded and need that baby home. Besides the new family, think about how much harder this is going to be on the children. Hudson was 21months when he came home. It was a long and stressful first 6 months. He grieved and was terrible to live with at times. And, let's not forget the foster parents who've been caring for the children. Back in the good old days of international adoption, we got travel clearance 3months or so after signing acceptance of a referral(and I barely survived that wait!). The foster moms only cared for the children about 6 months. Now, these selfless foster families are caring for children almost 2 years and then having their hearts wrenched out when the kids finally leave for their forever home. Hudson's foster mom fell to pieces when we departed from Korea. Please please pray and ask God, the Father to the fatherless, to pierce the hearts of Korean officials and get those kids to their waiting mommies and daddies. My cyber friends need Daniel and David to come home!!
Thanks all.
Afterthought Addendum: I forgot something. I began fasting from desserts/sweets 2 weeks and 2 days ago, but who's counting? I've never been a "faster". There really is something awesome to the whole concept. I LOVE sweets. I eat chocolate at least once day--for my heart health. But, my heart was burdened for so many big things to pray for. Fasting from sweets gives me that perfect shot in the arm to keep praying. I'll fill you in later, but the money for Carter's trip--miraculous! So, I've added the babies waiting on travel clearance to my prays. I see a yummy dessert, I want to taste it, but I want to see Jesus move mountains worse that I want the chocolate.
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