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| 7/11/2006
Today in class (Written Communication for the ESL Student) we practiced a writing technique to use with our students. I thought I would share my �creation�. It isn�t that I think it is particularly good�it is just that it very much expresses what I am feeling right now. This poetry technique had a pattern to it; the first couple of words were set, then we were supposed to complete the sentence with certain topics�many things �imaginary�. So when I write �I hear the PGN director�s stamp of approval��that is wishful thinking. Didn�t want to get your hopes up. J �I Am� I am ready and waiting. I wonder when she will be ours. I hear the PGN director�s stamp of approval. I see her sweet face in my mind. I want the phone to ring. I am ready and waiting. I pretend she is in her rom. I feel excited about her. I touch her thick black hair. I worry it will never happen. I cry at the end of the day when the phone is silent. I am ready and waiting. I understand it is all in God�s timing. I say our time will come. I dream that the day is near. I try to keep a smile on my face. I hope she will soon be ours. I am ready and waiting. And that is what we are doing. Still waiting. |
| 7/11 Part 2
I just had to type another little entry. I think, barring any answered prayer tomorrow, that this will really be tomorrow's entry. :) John 1:16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. Obviously our prayer each night is that Maria's case will be APPROVED by the PGN director and that we will get "the call". But we have also been praying for her heart and spirit to be comforted, to know how much we love her. We have been very concerned about the way we "left" her, that she doesn't understand why we left her again...and it breaks our heart to think we might have hurt her. Well, God has chosen not to answer the prayer about PGN, at least not with a yes at this time. But today I received a little blessing that makes my heart feel better about our other prayer. I have a "friend" I have never met, yet we correspond via the Internet. She adopted from the same Hogar that Maria is in about 18 months ago. Well, she just traveled to Guatemala with her son for a visit for about a month. Today she went to the Hogar for a visit. She checked in on Maria for us. This is her report: Hi, I saw Maria today. She was in the highchair with her thumb in her mouth patiently awaiting her lunch. (My son would never be so patient!) I took some pics, but I'll need to find a place in Antigua to burn them onto a disc before I can email them to you. My son liked the dogs and didn't understand the rules at the Hogar, ie that you walk in a line like a train and that you don't walk on the grass in the middle of the sidewalks where the fountains are. Maria looked happy. It's that last line. Maria looked happy. Obviously we wish she were looking happy WITH us, but what a blessing from God! The other blessings I have been noticing each day is that while I am not getting a "yes" answer, God is sending encouragement daily. After my poem went up on the wall in class with the others (no names), I had some people figure out who wrote it and come hug me to let me know they were thinking about us...I also had a friend I haven't talked to in over a year (we live apart) call today because I had been on her mind recently. She knew about the adoption, but no details, and definitely not how discouraged I am. She figured it out quickly though and prayed for me over the phone. I know I say God is not listening because I am not seeing the ONE answer I want. But I am grateful...each day He sends such blessings of encouragement to me. Thank you, Jesus! |