a new theme.

my blog has this new theme these days...it's called "waiting for elsa."

i had to go to a meeting on saturday, and during that time, we had a few minutes where we got to pray.

my emotions got the best of me while praying...this waiting game has been a hard one.

i just want to know a timeline.  i've had to give up all ideas that i know when and what is going on.

so, we prayed a bit for elsa...and when i went back inside and sat down, my phone beeped.

i had a new email.

my new email was from our agency, stating that our paperwork should be ready to go to be submitted to the embassy this wednesday.

the very email i had been waiting and waiting and waiting to get.

rarely, have i ever had prayers answered so instantly.

it was exactly the encouragement from the Lord that i needed.

a simple reminder that His hands are in all of this.

that He hasn't forgotten us, or elsa.

so, good news is, our paperwork should be submitted on wednesday.

i don't want to get my hopes too high, but i definitely want our paperwork to make it to the embassy this week.

(ethiopia is 8 hours ahead of us, so while i sleep tuesday night, i'll be dreaming of our paperwork actually getting submitted and being approved).

assuming that all is good with our paperwork, we could be called to head out there very VERY soon.

you can dream, and pray with us, if you'd like.

we would all appreciate it.

hearing about all of the disaster and heartache in japan has hit me particularly hard.

as if i wanted elsa home before that, it's nothing compared to how i feel now.

watching a country deal with mass devastation is hard when you have a child, far, far away, that you can't help protect.

i know that the Lord is keeping her safe.

that He cares for her deeply. 

even more than we care for her.

knowing that, and remembering that, is giving me hope and a promise.

a promise that our baby girl will be home soon.

this, i'm sure about.