From My Man's Heart

Trevis wrote this yesterday morning. Thought I should share....

Waiting.

As Melanie and I are going through the process of adopting I have slowly begun to get a sense of urgency about our future child coming home. Melanie has always had that urgency since we first began discussing adopting but for me, it has just recently began to stir in my heart. The more I think about the adoption the more I realize that at this very moment there is a great likelyhood that our child is spending each day and night in a government run orphanage. (we are wanting to adopt a child up to 3 years old).
He/She is going through the day without much interaction with other people. There are no snuggle times. There are no bed time stories. There are no soft touches on the cheek or kiss on the top of the head or big hugs. My child at this moment may very well have cried themselves to sleep. They may be scared and have no one to hold them tight and tell them that everything will be ok. I know it's Ethiopia but the more I think about it the more I realize that there are things over there that are frightning to a child. For instance there are Hyenias, thunderstorms, poisonous insects, spiders, etc. And our child, the one God has hand picked for us already, might be having fear right now and there is no one available to console them. That just breaks my heart. My prayer today is that each and everyone of us who are waiting, who are going through the process of getting paperwork together, or who are just beginning the process of getting approved, will pray for each other to have peace and God's speed during our process. But more importantly, I ask that each of us pray for the children who are in Ethiopia and all around the world who are waiting also. Yes, we are inconvenienced by having to take 2 trips to Africa. Yes it's going to cost us $4000 more dollars to bring home our child. But, YES, it is more than worth it. Not for me. Not for my own sake. But for the sake of my child who is waiting. Waiting for a hug. Waiting for a smile. Waiting for love. Waiting for us to come get them.



With much love,