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We are Elizabeth and Allan Pack and have been married 8 years. In November 2011 we took that leap of faith and applied to adopt a child from Ethiopia. This blog is all about our journey from start to finish. We patiently waited for 5 years to bring our child home and as of April 2016 we felt God was leading us to withdraw from the program and help another family bring home their child.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Patience...

Wikipedia defines Patience as the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one can take before negativity. It is also used to refer to the character trait of being steadfast.


 This adoption process takes a lot of patience! I feel like we are always waiting... I know God has great plans for us and our family and we have to be patient but sometimes it is hard. We have been looking into moving into a bigger house since we found out we were expecting a baby in addition to our child in Ethiopia. It took months to get land and now it is taking months to find out if we are approved for a home loan. I know if it is God's will then it will all work out.

We decided to try and get ahead on all the paperwork that has to be updated starting in January. I printed out pages and pages of documents and filled out what I could. I left the address blank in hopes that we will be moved into a bigger home for our growing family by then! Hard to believe it's almost time to renew our home study again. This year has flown by! Everyday brings us closer to bringing home our little one from Ethiopia!
If we are not moved into a bigger house by the time our home study in April, she will have to come back again when we do move and it will cost us a lot of unnecessary expenses that could be used for other documents and has the potential of delaying our referral process.

I just continue to pray and trust that God knows exactly what He is doing. I pray for our child waiting for us in Ethiopia and all the children waiting on their forever families...