Hiccup!

Well I guess you could say we've had our first hiccup or "bump in the road" with our dossier.  As I've mentioned, we are anxiously awaiting our RA.  The phone rang Monday morning around 10:30ish and I immediatley recognized the number as being from our agency.  My heart skipped a beat as I thought the voice on the other end would say that our RA has arrived.  Instead the voice on the other end said, "I wish I was calling with better news, but......".  Then my heart sort of sank.  As our dossier was being reviewed for the RA, an important document was missing.  One that has to do with our immigration approval.  I am certain it left my hands for our agency and then was doubled checked by their staff for accuracy.  We have a copy of it, so we know it left the country.  The only stop it made in between was to be translated.  It  must've got misplaced or lost somewhere in the translation process.  The good thing is that I don't have to do anything on our end.  AWAA is in the DC area and will be able to handle the process of obtaining what's necessary.  The not so good news is that it will take a few days to obtain and resend this document.  Hopefully once the CCCWA has received it, they will go ahead and issue the RA.  If not, this one piece of paper may have to wait in line to be reviewed.  Count it all joy, right?

Back to the phone conversation....isn't funny how, even if we're not receiving good news, that we take someone's word, act really calm and tell them we understand?  Then when you hang up your brain processes everything that was said and you want to scream?   Yep.  That's what I did.  Then TEARS for a long time!  I'd hoped and prayed like everything we would get our RA in the month of October.  Now it was October 31st and no way it was going to happen.  God did something really sweet for me during that phone call, though.  For whatever reason, my husband came through the door and was there for me to scream and cry!  I told him I felt like we would never get to China and when we did Maggie would be half grown!  After a good long talk with him, I know that God knew we would have this "hiccup" even before our process began.  He never told us our adoption journey would be easy, he just said, "Go". 

Hopefully this will not put off our travel any longer than what they've guessed (Feb), but there's always a possibility for that to change.  Even with this little hold up, we are still in our window of time that they've given us to receive our RA.  At the end of the day, I trust my Lord.  He knows and sees all.  He has reminded me once again that He is not bound by time.  Everything in this journey is for our good and His glory! 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.                                                                Romans 8:28

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.                                     James 1: 2-3

......He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion......    Phillipians 1:6

Please help us pray that this document will be delivered to the right hands, that it will complete our dossier and we will get our approval in order to move forward in the steps of arranging travel.  On a happier note, here's a pic of my 3 little munchkins on Halloween.  They had a ball at our church's annual fall festival.  October has officially come and gone with no RA and somehow I'm okay with that.  And in the words of Scarlett O'Hara, "After all, tomorrow is another day".