It seems like that should be the title of adoption in general! The process goes something like this…
EXPEDITE!
EXPEDITE!
on standby
on standby
on standby (repeat 100 times)
EXPEDITE!
We are “on standby” right now. They are waiting to get one additional document of our girl and then they will set a meeting date for us to go and meet her. We anticipate knowing our meeting date sometime this week. (maybe…) Once we meet her she will come to live with us for the rest of our stay in Colombia and then home to the US several weeks later.
I’m learning that it’s during all of this waiting that the real action of preparing our hearts, souls, and minds has the opportunity to happen. I question if I’ve prepared well enough? There are so many things I feel I need to still learn about kids from hard places, speaking better Spanish, preparing new routines, schedules, spending time with our core family now, figuring out what to feed this chick (seriously – cooking is not top on my skills list) and more! There will always be so much more I could have and maybe should have done. My task focused mind feels like I didn’t check off enough boxes on the “preparation to adopt” list and that maybe I should work around the clock to check off more. Then the Lord gently (or not so gently) reminds me that all of my frantic works don’t get me far. He has it all in his hands. I need merely trust Him and lean on HIm daily. So I will rest in that.
I hope we are off of “standby” soon and I get to post our meeting date!