Unexpected, to us

We got some tough news this morning. Turns out there is a discrepancy in some of Krassi's paperwork regarding his place of birth. It's been in his paperwork all along, but no one caught it until the office that was going to issue his new birth certificate with his new name (and new parents) was working on it. They can't issue a new birth certificate without this information corrected. Without a new birth certificate, he can't get a passport or visa, and can't come home.

In order to get this fixed, the judge who presided on the adoption hearing needs to sign a form making the official change. Remember the break? Six weeks when the courts are not in session? Remember how we *just* made it through to get our court hearing before and not after the break? Well, now we have to wait until after the break before we can get this signature from the judge and move forward.

So it looks like Krassimir will wait in his orphanage for five more weeks than we expected, and we will be picking him up in mid-October.

We sure did not expect this. It makes his mommy's heart so sad to think that I'll have to wait that much longer to hold him and for him to know he has a mommy.

BUT, this was not unexpected to God. This mistake has been in Krassi's paperwork for a long time. Months, for sure, and who knows - maybe even years. God knows. God is not surprised. We are surprised. But somehow this, too, is working for our good, even if its just so that we have more opportunities to learn patience. And because God is in the business of working not only in my life, but in everything that happens everywhere, I have no way of knowing the implications of this change, nor do I need to. I think sometimes I prefer not having to know "why."