Signature...check!

The judge signed our guardianship yesterday! Now to pray for that passport which has proved rather elusive for some families. We really have an ideal small window to travel in early June relating to Mark's job and so I'm hoping God will choose to arrange things just so. It is a time to trust, yet again!

I know many people have been following the Compassion International bloggers as they were in Calcutta last week. I read a few entries and everytime, immediately thought of all the birthmoms out there who chose to give their babies up. Those women (and men, too) who first chose life for their babies and second, chose hope for them. I can't imagine living in those circumstances but wonder if I did, would I be brave enough to give up my child? Would I be selfless enough?

Cole's birthmom will never know who we are or what happened to her son born almost a year ago. She'll never know how eagerly we have waited for him. How excited we have been to see a new picture, to anticipate holding him in our arms. She won't know how many people have been praying for this little boy they have never met. But I hope, even in her unawareness, that she has peace knowing her choices would lead to his good. I hope she has comfort in her actions to give him more than she could offer. It is a humbling privilege to pray for her.