We write this to you as our family encounters some distress in the adoption. For some reason, the travel approval just won't come. It is hard on our mom which makes it hard on all of us. But we want you to know, we are so ready for you to be home. Even in this time when we don't understand the delays, we know that the Lord is looking at the entire puzzle of you coming home, while we are looking at a small piece of that puzzle.
That is a life lesson that we, as your sisters, want you to know. Sometimes things happen and we just don't understand. And it makes our hearts hurt. You should be aware, you are entering a family full of emotion. We have a tendency to cry. We've learned that it's okay to cry though. The lesson is that no matter if we understand the situation or not it is our one calling to know that the Lord is in control and that His plans are so much greater than ours. This is such a hard time while we wait for you. Yet it is a growing time. As you grow bigger physically, you grow that much bigger in our hearts each day. It makes us sad to think that you sit in an orphanage alone thousands of miles away, yet you must know you are constantly in our thoughts and on our hearts. There are so many people praying for you and your homecoming. We love you-to the moon and back. We loved you before we ever saw your face. The part that gives us joy is to feel this love for you and to know that the Lord's love for each of us is even greater than this. It is a comfort to know while we aren't there to care for you, He is daily comforting you. He is daily pouring His love on you. It is such a blessing to all be daughters not only of Stephen and Mary Malone of 10200 Salina Springs, but of the King of Kings.
Bringing up the prayers that go to you each and every day, you must know about your sister Jenna and her mighty prayers. Each and every night before she goes to sleep she prays with one of us. In the past year not a night that any of can recollect has she not prayed for her little sister Desi, in an orphanage thousands of miles away. She prays that you sleep well even though you aren't home yet. She prays that you are doing okay. And she is confident that He hears those prayers.
So we wait. We wait for travel approval so that you can be with your forever family.
We wait for the day when we can hold you in our arms.
Always know that you are already in our hearts.
With all of our love,
Devan, Jordan, and Jenna
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