A few weeks ago we received our completed HomeStudy in the mail. It is so beautiful and official with its signatures and seals. In about 10 pages our lives, goals, and home were summed up for the Dept. of Social Welfare in Ghana and for our Citizenship and Immigration Services here in the US. It was neat looking over the whole report. I have to say we look pretty good on paper...almost as good as we look in person. ;) Receiving that report in the mail reminded me of God's greatness and provision (1. He provided us with a home for our HOMEstudy (provision) (2.) He, our adoptive Father, could NEVER be summed up in 10 pages (greatness) (3.) He allowed us to begin and complete this process long before we thought it would happen (provision)). He is so good!
Now, we are going down our "Dossier Progress Chart for Ghana" and, remarkably, seeing a lot of checks in that "Completed" column. It is great to see how quickly God is taking us through this process. What an evidence that this is God's will. Since we officially began this process in October with our agency we have seen confirmation after confirmation that God loves orphans and He wants to use us to give one of His children a home. Wow...what a privilege to be used by God!
As we continue collecting items/forms for our dossier and enter into the time of waiting for our referral please remember to pray for us. Pray that we would have patience as we wait. Pray we would remember that God's timing is far better than our timing. Pray that we would remember that this is all under God's power, not our own. Pray that the Government agencies and departments we have to submit forms through would find favor with us and act quickly.
Thanks for your prayers and continued support. We'll update when the dossier is off and ready to go!
Sarah
