“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”  Exodus 14:14

                Well, God showed up again people!  I love it when He does that.  Actually, he really never leaves us. It’s just that sometimes he throws a little pebble at our window to show himself,  and  I am usually not still enough to hear it.  I have learned so much and have grown closer to my Lord through this experience already.  I am amazed once again by his faithfulness. 

         The first week of school was a blur.  It reminded me of a video shown by our speaker on opening day.  One of our best teachers at the high school was the opening day speaker for our district, and he is a phenomenal presenter.  He showed a video of runners at the starting line.  The gun sounded, everyone took off, but one dude apparently didn’t hear it.  He was left standing there with his hands up in “what just happened” position.  That’s kinda how I felt at the end of my first week.  Well, I’m fairly certain I heard the gun sound, but I don’t remember much after that. 

                Waiting….  And waiting… And waiting…

                During one of our visits with the social worker, I was asked about my strengths and weaknesses.  Patience was the first weakness that came to mind! I knew that I would struggle with the waiting because I would rather meet you half way than wait for you to get here.  I like to be moving and doing, and that part of this process is over.  It’s out of my hands, and that’s hard for me.  Thank God for my job and my active kids because I haven’t had much time this week to ponder over anything but work and taking care of these two kiddos.  However, we took off to St. Louis for the weekend, and I finally had some downtime in the car on the way home.  I could not stop thinking about the fact that my son/daughter has more than likely been born, and he or she is in one of the poorest countries in the world at this very moment.  I couldn’t help but think about the fact that he/she could be hungry , thirsty, lonely, or worse.  It’s moments like this that I have learned to give it to Him, because I just can’t handle it. As I was riding in the car, I picked up my Bible.  Exodus 14:14 was glaring back at me.   I’m gonna have to be still and let God fight this one.  It’s in His hands.  Pray for us and our little one so far away!