More Hurdles to Jump before we pass!

We are disappointed but not surprised this morning as we just received information that we did not pass our first court date. Not only did we not pass, we were not even presented. The case was marked "Closed". A document that we jumped through hoops to update last week will arrive to them in a few hours, but wasn't able to get there in time for court. Faxed copies wouldn't appease the judge. This document by the way was accepted for the last 10 months then changed on a dime last week. Does it sound like there is something working against us? There is and it is the devil. He wants to keep us stirred up with little peace.

My desire is to be aggitated beyond belief, not because we didn't pass, but because of the reason that our case wasn't heard. I was prepared for a "No", but would feel a little better if it was for a good reason like maybe the relinquishing relative couldn't make it to court or maybe some information was missing that still needed to be collected. This situation just feels like antagonism and breaks my heart that power politics may be playing a roll in this, rather than putting the good of the children first.

As it stands now, the document will be delivered and looked at on Wednesday, again this will be in the middle of the night for us here in the US. I asked if there was a possibility if our case would be heard tomorrow. The answer was, "doubtful because so many have been canceled for the same reason." There is no way that the judge can catch that many cases up tomorrow. The next court cases being scheduled are after June 18th. Unfortunately, the relative that relinquished our child lives 7 hours away and probably showed up for court this morning. I don't know if he would have been able to stay over night to be able to be there in the morning, so more than likely, they will be inconvenienced to have to come back again for a later date.

Please God, give us your ability to pray for those who seem to be pulling all the strings right now and who seem to be antagonistic to this process. Please give us your eyes, your heart and the peace that you are in control and that your timing is perfect. Please be with all of the families that didn't pass yesterday and today because of the same thing and may you somehow be glorified through this situation! Please grow us in ways we aren't expecting and use this time for miracles! Praise God for He is Good All the Time!!!!

Thank you for all the prayers! Keep praying!