Congo 2012

The last post, waiting:month three, was scheduled while we were out of town on vacation. I wrote it on Saturday night with no progress to report from the previous month. Not a fun post to write. Little did I know that our Consent to Adopt was issued on Friday! Finally! We'd been waiting on that one form for weeks and weeks.

Now, on to step #4 of 25 on the path to traveling and bringing our little guy home - filing for the Judgement Suppletif. When we switched from Ethiopia to the DRC, we were told the process would take 12 months start to finish. We prayed that even with the set-back of loosing our first referral, we would be home with "J" in 2012.

We pray that request daily. The kids pray it multiple times a day. Moses expects his brother to be home by Christmas.

So when we found out we are still 12 or so months away from bringing "J" home, it was heartbreaking on many levels. Emotional. Financial. Parental.

But somehow I didn't feel like we should stop praying for 2012. We discussed, prior to this new 12 more months bullarky, starting a "Congo 2012" campaign, rallying the troops to pray "J" home this year.

Instead of going with "averages" or "estimates" or "statistics" we are going to stick with the One who controls and defies time. We decided to continue praying for 2012 to be the year "J" will join our family. And we decided to go ahead with rallying the troops.

Since "J" is technically not yet our child, we can't share his photo online. You'll have to join our "Congo 2012" campaign to see his sweet face!

 
We had a few (okay a hundred) of these cards made to remind and encourage our family and friends to pray that "J" will join our family in 2012. We would love for you to hang one on your fridge!

If you'd like to join us as we storm the gates for this soon-to-be-no-longer-an-orphan, send your address to wordfromthewallaces AT gmail DOT com. There are lots of details that need to be worked out, and 21 more steps in this long road, but the Lord knows them all.

He alone can get us to the Congo in 2012 to bring "J" home! 

Will you join us as we intercede?