Sometimes waiting is the hardest part

It has been almost 3 months since our last udpate.  So... what have we been doing but waiting...waiting... and more waiting. 
  Life has kept moving.  School has continued. Work has continued.  We have six children here whose lives have continued.  Essentially life has continued to move along.  Sometimes it has moved a little too fast.  And yet, there is this expectant part of us that is waiting for the call or e-mail saying, "It's time".  There is this hesitation every time we make plans, thinking, "Will we still be here?". 
  We are now waiting for the Ministry of Women's Affairs to give a letter to the court saying they approve the adoption.  How long will this take?  "It seems to be moving along a little quicker than a few months ago," is what we keep hearing.  But what does that mean in REAL time.  Nothing...
We have been anticipating, yet sometimes the anticipation gets old.
We have been preparing the rooms, yet sometimes to work is long.
We have been praying, yet sometimes the prayer seems stale.
Everyday we go through this similar routine.  Anticipate, routine, anticipate, no response, work, pray, no response, wait...

It is interesting to me that as of yet, the fource doesn't even know we exist.  I know, I know... it is best for the kids to be oblivious.  But for almost 1 year we have been working towards bringing them here and they are not even aware that something big is going on behind the scenes.  Their world is about to change... forever.  Yet they know nothing.
It is this reality that we come face to face with from time to time that keeps this journey real.  Life is about to change...forever.  Although at times is seems like this is never going to happen; it is.  God promises that His Will will be completed in His perfect timing.  Timing that is perfect for us and for the Fource- and in the way that is perfect.  Matthew 7:7-8 "Keep asking, and it will be given to you.  Keep searching, and you will find.  Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." 
One day we will get the call and we will be scrambling, quickly to pack and leave.  And although that reality seems far off.  There ARE 4 children on the other side of the world with no family.  Waiting...