I was in Sam's shopping for work when I got the phone call early last week. I was standing in the snack aisle when she told me that we received our LOA (letter of acceptance) from China to adopt you. I stood there for a moment crying, trying to stop my spinning mind long enough to think what I should ask. I got off the phone, and I wandered aimlessly for a good 20 minutes putting random things in my cart, not able to remember why I was there. I called her back 20 minutes later with all the questions I suddenly had. After 7.5 months of unusual, frustrating, baffling delays that no one could explain, the last 3+ months have finally been a series of steps forward. When our dossier (collection of documents) finally sailed off to China at the end of September, I merely dared to hope we would get our approval by the end of December. That seemed a safe dream, something that wouldn't set me up for another disappointment. So when, at the end of November, I stood in a store listening to the words "I have good news!" I was overcome, overwhelmed, overjoyed... 6 1/2 years of delays, closed doors, and "no's" and here, finally... a "yes". And I keep thinking about what your name means, a promise I repeat to myself: "God is gracious." You are going to be a son. A brother. An Edfeldt. I'm tucking our 5th stocking away for yet another year but I'm trusting that next year will finally be the year it hangs on our mantle. Across the world, we are waiting for you. Hoping for you. Praying for you. Preparing for you. Loving you already. Merry Christmas, sweet boy.
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Cheryl Luckie
12/9/2017 07:36:50 am
Beth, what a special Christmas gift....a Christmas blessing. So happy for all of you. Merry Christmas....and I'm sure it will be a Happy New Year:)
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Richard Edfeldt
12/9/2017 08:24:44 am
Looking forward to that approaching day and our expanding family.
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AuthorWe are a family of five (Ben, Beth, Tucker, Libby, and Zane). We started this blog during our 7 year journey to bring home a child through adoption. This is our story of how God is faithful in the good, the bad, and all the in between. Archives
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