5/4/2006 I am tired, tired, tired tonight, so I apologize in advance for my many errors with spelling and grammar. My eyes are barely open...
"But I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more. My mouth shall tell of Your righeousness And Your salvation all the day. For I do not know their limits. I will go in the strength of the LORD GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only. O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, your power to everyone who is to come." Psalms 71:14-18
I really appreciate these verses. I will go in the strength of the Lord God. I sure do need that. This next part of our adoption journey is going to be long and difficult with little updates until it is over. I can only pray for strenth while we wait upon the Lord. I do hope I always declare His wondrous works, especially when He awes me with His goodness and perfect timing. And finally, I hope I am declaring His power and strength to future generations...my kids. I hope that Lauren and Hunter are learning about God as we pray daily for Maria and the adoption. And I hope someday to share this journey and God's faithfulness with Maria.
Okay, the big question...what is PGN? I think I touched briefly on it before. Once you have entered the adoption world, you learn all kinds of abbreviations and acronyms. BC, GC, POA, PA, FC, and PGN. PGN always has seemed to be the most dreaded. And now we are hopefully about to enter it. It is like the Attorney General's office. There will be a reviewer who will look at each part of our dossier (collection of papers) to determine if we are worthy to adopt Maria. If something is mispelled or not worded correctly (it has been translated obviously), then we might get a "previo" which means "kicked out." Usually, but not always, it just involves the attorney submitting another form or whatever is missing. Once in a great while, it involves us finding a new form if something was lost along the way. Then you have to wait for the lawyer to be able to get you back "in" so the reviewer will continue reviewing. Once the final sign off occurs, Maria will legally be our daughter. But, no, that does not mean we get to bring her right home. We have to wait for her Birth Certificate (it took 6 weeks last time, I am hoping it will be quicker this time), then an appointment for the Embassy for her Visa. That is called getting "pink" because I believe that the information for the appointment is actually on a pink slip. Even if it is a boy. You will know the day we get that. This site will be pink. :) Anyway, what can you pray for? Pray for a kind and gernous reviewer in PGN who moves quickly to get us out. And that the BC will not take long. And that our little Maria will be home in God's time. And for God to be with our hearts as we wait... |
