Holding Pattern (def) 1. A traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed. 2. a state or period in which no progress or change is made or planned.
YES. This is where we are. The aircraft known as The VanDyke Adoption (and subsequently, our lives) is in a definite holding pattern. My mother in law said this to us months ago while we were waiting for our referral and I just now looked it up. Wow. That does hit the nail on the head!
But, it's all good. God is already there. He is there at our court date, he knows when it will happen and the outcome. BTW, we did get submitted for a court date, last Friday June 25th. (Yeah, baby!) So, now we keep waiting and praying and requesting prayers.
It is not that we are bored and empty. Summer is a great time to wait when you are looking for distractions. In one week's time, we went to Lake Geneva to boat for the day, a wedding reception, church, a graduation party, the library, the zoo, a friends house to swim, the beach, the boat again, a park and a Fourth of July party! Whew! Nope, not much room there to mope around! But lately SO many of those things seem to have an empty place as we think "Next year, Zoey will be at this party with us!". Thoughts like those abound as we wait for our little Ethiopian doll.
Soooo....it is a holding pattern, but we get to have a lot of fun in our aircraft!
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