It is hard to believe that we still don't have our consulate appointment. We have been told for the past several weeks that it would be May 13 when we travelled. Early this week we even expected to leave on the 12th. Then yesterday we received our Travel Approval and were told to check into our flights to leave on May 20th.
This morning I received a phone call from our coordinator who informed me that China is missing our updated extension from USCIS and we would not be traveling until the 27th. And that will not be confirmed until tomorrow once they receive the missing paperwork and try to make our consulate appointment. As a mother this is heart wrenching to me. Knowing my child is waiting makes me ache inside.
I think there is no greater calling than to be a mother and that is what God has called me to be. Jean Fleming wrote the following and expresses this calling beautifully:
"Webster's defines "call" as a "divine vocation or strong inner prompting to a particular course of action." In every generation mothers must answer the call to BE what no one else can BE and to DO what no one else can DO for their children. It isn't that mothers can't do many other things, but if they refuse to accept their calling as mother some child ends up short changed. The empty space that mother leaves echoes for generations.
Mothers are neither the cause of all society's ills not the saviors of the nation. But the future of society does depend, in part, on what we do with the children under our care. What calling could be more glorifying to God?
God calls us to bring to our mothering a high level of commitment and a right perspective born out of a clear vision and a Biblical value system. "
Will you answer His call?
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