16 documents are on their way to the Chinese Consulate in China for auth. We waited 43 days for our Immigration approval from USCIS. They say it will take about 10 days to get our documents back from the consulate. Once back from the consulate, we sent it to our adoption agency and then it is on the way to China. Our life history will be in the same country as our daughter that is waiting for us in a couple of weeks. Then the wait will begin for the Chinese Gov.A friend emailed me this a couple weeks ago when I was struggling with everything. I feel it is so fitting. Here it is
Here is from The Word For You Today:
Gladys Aylward,missionary to China more that 50 years ago, was forced to flee when the Japanese invaded Yuncheng. With only one assistant, she led a hundred orphans over the mountains toward free China. During the journey she grapppled with fear. After passing a sleepless night she faced the morning with no hope of reaching safety. A 13 year old girl in the group reminded her of their much loved story of Moses and the Red Sea. 'But I am not Moses' Gladys sighed in despair. 'Of course you aren't,' the girl said, 'but God is still God!' When Gladys and the orphans made it through they proved once again that no matter how inadequate we feel, God is still God, and we can still trust Him.
Sometimes God calms the storm, other times He lets the storm rage and calms us.
Either way, He sustains us and brings us through. We always have a choice: either we give the burden to God or we try to carry it ourselves. How does God provide for us? One day at a time. Remember the Israelites in the wilderness? Each day God fed them by sending manna from heaven. Notice how it worked. The number of people in your family determine the amount of manna you received, no more, no less. And God would only allow you to collect enough for each day; if you tried to hoard more, it rotted. Getting the idea? So trust God for today and leave tomorrow in His hands. "Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you."
I looked up the words; Resign and Surrender. We are told to surrender "all" to Jesus. To Resign means , to give up. To Surrender means; To give up In Favor of ANOTHER!!
Gladys Aylward,missionary to China more that 50 years ago, was forced to flee when the Japanese invaded Yuncheng. With only one assistant, she led a hundred orphans over the mountains toward free China. During the journey she grapppled with fear. After passing a sleepless night she faced the morning with no hope of reaching safety. A 13 year old girl in the group reminded her of their much loved story of Moses and the Red Sea. 'But I am not Moses' Gladys sighed in despair. 'Of course you aren't,' the girl said, 'but God is still God!' When Gladys and the orphans made it through they proved once again that no matter how inadequate we feel, God is still God, and we can still trust Him.
Sometimes God calms the storm, other times He lets the storm rage and calms us.
Either way, He sustains us and brings us through. We always have a choice: either we give the burden to God or we try to carry it ourselves. How does God provide for us? One day at a time. Remember the Israelites in the wilderness? Each day God fed them by sending manna from heaven. Notice how it worked. The number of people in your family determine the amount of manna you received, no more, no less. And God would only allow you to collect enough for each day; if you tried to hoard more, it rotted. Getting the idea? So trust God for today and leave tomorrow in His hands. "Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you."
I looked up the words; Resign and Surrender. We are told to surrender "all" to Jesus. To Resign means , to give up. To Surrender means; To give up In Favor of ANOTHER!!
Congrats on your progress! Good job!! You really saved some time walking in for your fingerprints! I'm doing that next time! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove the words of encouragement your friend sent you!!