A Busy Easter

We had a busy Easter… which was fun… but busy. I am tired… but it was good.

The kids at our church did a skit… I was the narrator! The idea was that if I read all their lines for them with them repeating the lines after me, then they wouldn’t have to memorize them and there would be no danger of them forgetting lines. Guess who forgot a line?!? Me! And the kids all knew it too – they had it memorized! They managed to continue on with the skit without letting on – and better than some acting pros I know! I was so proud of them!  

We had an egg hunt… I spent a couple of hours stuffing plastic eggs with candy. We hid them and left them unattended while we went into church for the service. When we came out again, some hooligan had come along and eaten the candy out of the vast majority of the eggs. Shocking, yes! And no, it wasn't an animal as the candy was meticulously unwrapped and littered on the lawn. The kids were so disappointed, but our Pastor Kelly came along and saved the day. She turned a sad event into a life lesson on forgiving and praying for those who hurt us... which is a very appropriate lesson to learn for Easter!Those kids forgave quicker than I did! I was so proud of them!

We also had time for visits with two sets of dear friends – one on Friday night and the other on Saturday – that left us encouraged and buoyant. True friends always know the right words to say… or not to say… that can turn gloom and weariness into sunshine and hope. We are truly grateful to them… and for so many others that God uses to lift our heads when life gets tough.

We are waiting… and that is tough. Waiting for our immigration approval to come in, waiting for our FBI background checks to come, waiting for the next batch of kids to be assigned to our adoption agency so that we can look through the list for the future little Elliott. We have a couple bits of paperwork for our dossier that we can work on, but until the immigration approval and the background checks come back, we are stalled.



We can’t wait to have a son or daughter sleeping under our roof… but we have to wait. We are stuck in the doldrums, waiting for a wind to come and blow us back into the current so that we can proceed on our way. It is good that we are keeping very busy… and that our friends are keeping us encouraged. It is God’s mercy. I am sure He knows what it would be like for us to be waiting and waiting with no work to occupy our hands or friends to steady our souls.

Please pray that the documents we are waiting for to come in… and, when they do come in, for our busy lives to make room for the rush of action that will be required for the next stage of paperwork.

Thank you all!