Shout Out

Take a deep breath people!!  Then give a loud SHOUT OUT!!

HOORAH!!

God is moving mountains across the ocean!!

As many of you know.... and as I posted a week or so ago HERE.... Aaron's former country is changing the way they are doing adoptions.  It is closing one government agency (the SDA) as of THIS MONDAY and opening a new agency that hasn't even been established yet.

It has been cause for great concern.  So we have been praying. 

I listed 6 prayer requests on that blog post: 

1. That the 33 families in country would get through their process before Monday.
2. That Sweet Caroline's dossier would be submitted and grandfathered in when the new agency opened.
3. That the special needs list would be expanded.
4. That the transition from the SDA to the new agency would be quick and painless.
5. That God would provide for the facilitators' needs during the transition.
6. That God would comfort the hurting families who missed the cutoff date, some by mere days.

That is what we have been praying for dear friends.  And Our God has answered many of those prayers....  in one fell swoop!

Get this: yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers voted to prolong the authority of the SDA while they create the new agency.  THAT IS HUGE! 

In that one vote, PRAYERS ONE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX WERE ALL ANSWERED!! 

All of the families who got their dossiers in under the wire are now going to be traveling within weeks instead of months.  Plus, the SDA will be allowed to continue processing new dossiers as long as their child MEETS THE NEW CRITERIA. 

Unfortunately this means that all of those children under five whose special needs are not on that short list will continue to be shunted to the side until the list is expanded.  SO PRAYERS TWO AND THREE ARE STILL ON THE TABLE!!  But God can move that mountain as well.

So give out a huge HOORAH! Because this affects a whole host of RR families, who can now proceed with their adoptions! 

But keep your knee pads on and keep storming heaven, because there are a lot of little ones who are still stuck.  Sweet Caroline is among the many little ones who will continue to wait until that list of special needs grows a little bit longer.

I Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."