He has a plan

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13

These verses may be very familiar to many of us and special in various situations. These verse have taken on a new meaning for us since we started the adoption process and we are reminded more than ever in the last several months that God has a plan and knows EVERY detail about His Plan. He knew long before we did that a child born so far away from us in India in February 2005 was our daughter and that he had us chosen as her parents. God is amazing and sovereign! He is in control and guides all events in His plan for His glory. This is not always easy to "live out." There were times we wanted the adoption process to go faster or "according to our time frame" but we knew that God's timing would be perfect and that all things would happen when He planned them to happen. People say that we have had to learn a lesson in patience and yes that is true when you are going through a long process like this. But it is more than patience, it is being still and knowing that in His time he will reveal his plan and trusting Him with all the details. This is not easy either as we want to help God out in this area with how we think things should go.
We continue to learn daily to trust him completely and know that He will protect us and guide us as we prepare to travel to pick up Anjali.
We received a progress report on her yesterday and she is doing well--she likes to go to Bawaldi (preschool) and the report states that she likes to wear new clothes to school. What a girl!! Continue to pray for Anjali and that God will prepare her for this major change in her life. We thank you for your prayers for her and our family!!