mexico city (part one)

Here are a few pictures from our {amazing} vision trip back in October. More about the trip in another post… and better pictures {that I stole from Naomi} later, too.

It’s a little strange to post about it, since we’re in such a limbo state… but you should get to see the place that occupies an important {albeit, smoggy} place in our hearts.

And speaking of limbo, the next steps with Penelope should be happening at the end of this month, or early February at the latest. We’ve been jumping through lots of {paperwork} hoops… and learning to be patient, since the office that has to process our stuff takes a 3 week holiday break! She’ll be evaluated by an interdisciplinary team, and then we’ll all work together to come up with an agreeable game plan. This waiting/praying/learning/hoping/waiting season feels really slow, but it also feels really honest. And I like that. I’m glad we aren’t trying to wrestle through concerns over Penelope while carrying on with everything as planned… that’d just be too much for me.

And I know how God can use a season of waiting. I know I’ll grow and learn, despite all my best efforts to speed it up and know what’s next.

Casey and I sometimes just have to laugh. And joke about painting Proverbs 16:9 in block letters on our living room wall or something. It seems to be a bit of a theme for our family. But we’re always a little surprised when things feel derailed… forgetting that there is a thoughtful, wise, and loving author behind it all.

I know he tells the sea where to stop. And that he’s counted every single {crazy curly} hair on that little girl’s head.

So I don’t wait or wonder without a deep-seated foundation of hope.

And while we’re not currently in support-raising mode, we made a little video just before the break. It has some big picture views of the city… and I don’t think we ever got the chance to share it.  You can watch it here or by clicking the “support team” tab at the top of this page.