Waiting... and Praying

Well, still no word from the agency.  We have no way of knowing how much longer the wait will be until we get a referral.  I can't speak for Danielle and what's going on in her mind and heart exactly, but it seems like a sort of numb, resigned helplessness has set in here at Westhaven.  Apart from mercilessly annoying the agency staff, there's nothing we can really "do" to help the process along.

Except, of course, praying.  That's why I put "do" in quotes.  We believe that prayer is more powerful than any physical action we could undertake.  But I don't always "engage" that belief like I should.  And thus it's easier to fidget and feel helpless than it is to turn to our Father, who is just chomping at the bit to give us good gifts.

And even as we wait, we trust that Miriam will be one of those good gifts.