Well the orphanage allowed us to keep him over the weekend with out his nanny! The government says on Tuesday the paper work will be ready. Of course, we all were totally thrilled to have him this weekend!

I was reflecting on how Gracious God has been to us through the process. First of all, from the time we started the Cambodian adoption process to the time we actually meet Weston was around three months. This is less than normal. Then after we met him and we wanted him so bad, but God didn’t allow us to have him right away. We were able to go to Preah Vihear and enjoy a Christmas program and encourage the other missionary’s there with out him. When we returned to Phnom Penh, Weston was with us all day for several days. His nanny came with us everywhere. I think it was good for her to know us a little and know that we would be good parents. We also were able to share the gospel with her. She knows about God and goes to Church on Sunday’s with some of the orphans. Of course she is not yet a believer but we had many opportunities to share with her. We even gave her a children’s bible in Khmer and the Nativity movie in Khmer. She showed the movie several times at the orphanage.

While we were crying out to the Lord to give us Weston, we also were able to experience some peace that God’s time was right. We resigned ourselves to His timing, even if we never understood his ways. Then a few days ago we found out that our teammates kids have Scarlet Fever (highly contagious). God was protecting Weston from contracting the illness! I thought how gracious the Lord was to show us a reason why we couldn’t get Weston’s papers and take him to Koh Kong, but He did allow us to care for him in Phnom Penh. It is very humbling to see and understand a little of His ways!

We are all still praying for the paper work to be done.

Keep on praying! Love to you all!