Still waiting...and walking at 57 months since Log-In!

There's no big news today but I am just sharing from my heart. Yesterday marked 57 months since our Dossier was logged in China's system...just three months shy of five years. In March of this year, we will celebrate six years of beginning our adoption journey. In March of '06, we began talking to the adoption agency and then our official application was submitted in July of '06. So, it's been a very long road but well worth it. It has also been almost four months since our Sept. 26, 2011 Referral of little Song. It's a vast difference in the 18 month wait that was the standard when our journey first began. But we knew our journey could be very different. We had no idea how different...but we trust that God's plan, timing and design are always best. So...we continue to wait and walk in this journey.

We hope to hear something soon about our possible extension from China. The agency doesn't seem to think it will be a problem. But it will be a major relief when we actually hold the new travel letter extension in our hands. :) Please pray that God will bring it into our lives as He knows best. Meanwhile, we continue to love, miss and plan for our little JennaBeth Song's arrival. Most of all, we continue to believe and trust God's protection of little Song, His provision for all her needs there and our needs here as we prepare to go to China, and for Him to direct our paths as He knows best. It is our hope and prayer that He is glorified, honored and praised above all else in our journey, our family and our lives.

We continue to thank God for each of you as you walk beside us with your love and prayers. It makes all the difference. May your journeys be full of hope, peace, joy, love and assurance that you are never alone and always loved.

Cherishing the journey to our little girl in China,
Terri & family