His Ways

August 1 has come and gone.  IBESR (the social services agency in Haiti) is still closed.  The promise of an August 1 re-open has come and gone, and a new date of September 1 has taken its place.  Another week has come and gone and we have no movement, no update, no breakthrough.  There have been no emails or letters to indicate that things here on this earth are moving me closer to my daughters. My October trip to meet the girls turned to a November trip.  The lawyer has not completed the social history for the girls.  By all accounts, we are at a stand still.  By earthly standards we have the right to be frustrated, angry, annoyed, disgruntled and many other things.  But, we are looking to a higher standard.  One that tells us that the same God who matched us with these beautiful girls, is the God who is currently providing for them, and caring for them.  He is the God who operates outside for our time.  He is the God who meets all of our needs according to HIS riches in Heaven.
So we are resting in His ways, looking forward to His gift of November 13th,  asking Him for patience, and praising Him for His constant love for the girls and for us.  We are really learning that His ways are not our ways.  WOW!  We have a God who cares enough about us to bring the rich blessing of two new daughters into our lives and while we wait for his promise of them to be fulfilled, he teaches us things we need to know about who he is and how we should see him-things that will bless us and make our lives more full.  What a mighty God we serve!!!