Both of our children also had birthdays in the month of June. Last year, when we first found out about them, we thought there was a pretty good chance that they would be with us by their birthdays, but their birthdays have come and gone and still no word of travel. This was hard. This is hard. They are not two and three years old anymore, they are three and four. Three and four. They are learning and growing. Without us. This is hard.
Today is Tuesday. Tuesday night in America means that it is Wednesday morning in Thailand. And this Wednesday morning in Thailand there is a group of people called the Thai Adoption Board that are meeting and reviewing cases of children and families. It is at one of these meetings that our children's files and our file will be reviewed and we will be given official approval to adopt them. We are praying earnestly that at this meeting lots of families will get approval and that we would be one of them.
All of our traveling has left our refrigerator empty so, for Thai Tuesday tonight, we picked up a rotisserie chicken and made rice and corn to go with it. In Chiang Mai, they sell these chickens at little stands along the side of the road along with sticky rice, it was one of my favorite quick dinners to stop and pick up. They were SO good. One of the things that makes this meal for us is the chicken dipping sauce, you can buy it in the Asian isle of most grocery stores and even Wal-Mart. So, next time you don't know what to have for dinner, and especially if it is a Tuesday, grab a bottle of sauce and a chicken and say a prayer for our kids and that they would be able to come home soon.
I have several posts stirring in my heart that I hope to type up soon....what we sent our kids for their birthdays, a challenging John Piper sermon I read on the beach during our anniversary trip, and an amazing gift we received, to name a few. Thanks for journeying along with us, especially on Thai Tuesdays.
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