Frustrated....

that's what I am tonight. We've had this court date for almost 3 months. We were told that everything was done. There was nothing left to do, except wait for the court date to arrive. Our biggest challenge was met when Maggie's birth mother relinquished her rights last week. So, we went in today's court hearing as just a formality.

Thankfully all the paperwork signed by the birth mother was done correctly and there were no issues there! Thank you Lord! Now, it was just a matter of terminating the rights of the "alleged" father. As the birth father's attorney submits all the paperwork, it is determined that there is a problem. One piece of information was missing. Are you kidding me?! Basically there is a database that has to be searched for all birth parents and apparently, even though the search was completed, the attorney did not have the proof of the search. So, if that one piece of information had been there today, his rights would have been terminated, and we would finally be on our way to officially adopting Maggie. But alas, it was not...and court has been rescheduled for April 20th (the next available court date!). Again, it will just be a formality to enter this one last document into the court, but I'm still frustrated.

I feel like our whole adoption journey has had it's share of setbacks, but are they really setbacks? We might think that they are, but in the end, we have to remember that everything happens when it's supposed to happen. I just remind myself that if we had been matched with a child on any other day than July 10th, we wouldn't be the parents of Maggie Joy. Thank you, Lord, for your perfect timing and your perfect plans.

So, tonight, we remain thankful for the Lord's faithfulness and His protection and provision over our family.