Wait Upon the Lord

Well, we had our long awaited big, huge, Benefit Concert last night. The time of worship was great, Leon was great!  The Lord's presence was there with us.  But less than 50 people came. Thunk....  VERY depressing.

But God still has a plan, that just wasn't it. We hadn't made any travel plans yet.  So we talked with our director this morning,  (thanks Sue).  And then we prayed.

In my heart, I heard the Lord say, "Wait upon the Lord. You'll renew your strength".  So we looked it up in the Bible.  This is what it says:

"But, those who wait for the Lord, who expect, look for, and hope in Him, shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall  lift their wings and mount up close to God as eagles mount up to the sun; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired."  Isaiah 40:31 Amplified

God sees the whole picture, we don't.  For some reason, He wants us to wait and not go yet.  If we had received all the money we needed at the concert as we had hoped, we would be leaving in 2 weeks.  But that door has been closed now.  This way, we have to wait for God's perfect timing and trust that He knows what is best.  So we have decided to wait until March 4th to see if Gezaw's case passes court.

If he does, we will pick up all three kids together, probably the beginning of April. A month later for the girls than we had hoped ...  :(

If he doesn't pass court on March 4th, I will probably fly ALONE (Oh My Gosh...) at the last minute :{  by March 7th and pick up the girls and take them to their original March 11th Embassy Appointment.  Talk about stressful.  Then Charlie will fly later when Gezaw's case does pass.

We hope it doesn't happen this way, as Charlie admits, he needs me there since I've been doing all the paperwork and I need him there so I'm not scared to death and having panic attacks.

So, we started out stunned and bummed today, but now I'm experiencing His peace.  We are trusting that God is in control and He has a plan.

After everything last night, we still received $1300, which is really incredible and we are very greatful.  With this new plan, we still need about $8000 to complete all three adoptions and pick them up. So you can be in prayer about that for us.