Pause

Getting ready for deployment brings a whole range of emotions. I delayed this post several times because I was hoping to be able to explain it better as it got closer. I can't. Some days you wouldn't be able to tell what's coming up. Other days, Jeremy deserves a medal for dealing with unexpected crying spells. My best friend will not be home with me everyday. The list of things I'll miss about him is much too long for this blog. At the same time, our roles will change too. The way we love, support, and encourage each other will change. The way he leads and I follow will look different.

Deployment is a pause in what we know as "normal." We also found out that our adoption process is also paused. It's on hold because we have basically run out of time. It doesn't really change our story much since we knew we weren't going to be placed with a child during the deployment. But completed paperwork was the goal. A year of waiting to be chosen is now a year with an incomplete file taking up space in a metal box somewhere- to be continued. We are at peace with it knowing that this doesn't change our calling, just a break in the process.

Thankfully we are reminded over and over that this isn't God's first rodeo...er, adoption or deployment. We are both very hopeful of what is to come. For everything there is a season. Not a season I would pick necessarily -- refer to "For our good" post -- but our season nevertheless. We'll be able to look back and say look what God did.

oh one last thing - please check out this blog:
http://jordan-jordansjourney.blogspot.com
This is my sister in law, Jordan's blog and she did a fantastic job explaining the picture of adoption and our family's clear call to it! Thanks Jordan. I love you! You're going to be a great aunt!