Something to pray about

A lot of you frequently ask us for updates on the adoption situation. We got another call yesterday. Again this one is slightly outside of what we were considering (but for different reasons). Please pray for wisdom for us regarding this decision.

I can't give out a lot of the details, but a few things I can share are that it involves a 5 year old boy, and the reason why it is outside of our comfort zone is that he is on a different adoption track than we were interested in. Basically, his mother still has an opportunity to regain custody. There is a hearing with the judge in a few weeks. He could come to live with us and then be removed after only a few weeks. Or that hearing could go against the mother and she would appeal. After six months of living with us, if the appeal went through, he would return to his mother.

The uncertainty of this (based on what we've learned, 10% of these kids go back to the birth parents) makes us unsure as to whether or not this is right for us. We are praying for clear thought and direction on this. It could be very, very stressful if we went ahead. So we would greatly appreciate your prayers as well!