so, ghana it is.

Oh these precious smiling faces! Their joy is infectious, its like we've all just shared some silly moment. Ghana, you have our hearts. For the last two months Steve and I have committed to letting go of our expectations of this adoption process. We've been trying to live like this since we first decided to adopt, but its really so easy to start getting ahead of ourselves. Waiting and letting the adventure unfold one step at a time sounds lovely, but the allure of managing it ourselves is sneaky and powerful.

We'd heard Ghana might be closing to international adoption. We heard there have been issues with The US Embassy. So, at the beginning of the summer we agreed to open our hands back up and trust that what we could hold would be left there and we'd have the courage to let go of all the rest. We prayed about all the details, and were brought back to a place of dependency. Waiting, and not planning. It required such discipline and there were many days where I still spent all my energy stressing about things I couldn't do a thing about.

We wanted to make sure that if Ghana was where we'd be adopting from, we'd know it and not be pushing against something that wasn't going anywhere. This was hard, we both already felt an attachment to Ghana specifically, and considering looking at another country was confusing. But this time also put us right back where we need to be, letting the story be as big and bold and beautiful as possible. So we waited. And prayed, together and with community.

While I was hoping for a little bit more of a lightening bolt sign or something, the answer has been slower and has developed naturally as we've gained clarity on some of our concerns. (Ghana IS and plans to stay OPEN...and there are issues with the Embassy but there has also been much progress!). We feel such peace about it, and I don't mean the sort of placid, plain-vanilla peace we get so used to hearing about... but thriving, vibrant, sprawling peace - the kind that makes your heart flicker and your imagination expand. Its like this entire adoption process is alive, breathing and wild, and I know we're going to continue to be blown away by it.

Source: http://cartersgroundswell.blogspot.com/2010/08/so-ghana-it-is.html