5 weeks today

We received our referral for Lydia 5 weeks ago today. It seems much longer than that since we have been praying for her and loving her in our heart for 20 months. Since our first referral pictures, we have been blessed to received two new sets of pictures of her. The U.S. State Dept. came our with an announcement regarding the lack of new written agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam. This agreement is necessary to continue our adoption or to have our initial referral to become "official" by Sept. 1. This was not a new revelation but it was just another reminder of how precarious the situation is. A dear friend, whom I haven't talked to in too long called and gave me a great quote (God knew I would need this in the hours after the announcement). The quoit follows:

"DON'T DOUBT IN THE DARK WHAT GOD HAS REVELED IN THE LIGHT"

This time of uncertain waiting seems a little dark but we choose to wait in faith of the promise He gave to us on June 16, named Lydia.