The Unknown!

We know that this adoption journey will be filled with lots of unknowns… we've already had a few like, "where are our fingerprint cards" and "where is Paul's Illinois background check", not to mention bigger unknowns like "will we get 1 or 2 children" and "what were the circumstances that led to their becoming orphaned".

Today we are currently facing an unexpected unknown thanks to the good ole' USPS.  Last week we put our certified homestudy report along with our I800 immigration paperwork in the mail to the USCIS (immigration department) for approval to adopt.  It was "scheduled" to be delivered last Friday.  As Friday came and went the tracking number I had continued to show nothing beyond that it had "departed Great Falls" on Wednesday night … and that is still the case; several phone calls to USPS a personal visit to the post office and a call to US immigration and still nobody knows where our paperwork is!  It could have been delivered (and just never scanned in), or it could be sitting on a truck or plane or in a post office literally somewhere between Montana and Texas (or anywhere else in this great country) … it truly is unknown at this time.

So we wait patiently and learn more about trusting God and believing He can work all things together for good.

"Never be afraid to trust and unknown future to a known God" ~ Corrie Ten Boom