Waiting...

We are still waiting for a solid answer on Australia. Jason's boss is talking more about "when" than "if", and we tend to think that if the answer was "no" we'd already have heard that, but we're hesitant to make any physical moves in that direction until we have a more concrete "yes." Meanwhile, we continue to pray only for God's will.

As for me, I'm at this weird place where I know there are so many tasks and errands and appoinments I'm going to need to make in a very short amount of time, but I can't actually start doing anything because we don't even know for sure we're going. Considering that I am about the furthest thing from a task-oriented person God ever created, this is overwhelming in a way I can't even explain. It literally paralyzes me to where all I can do is sit here and stare at the ginormous pile of to-do's and wonder where in the world to start when the time comes. I have a million and fourteen questions and only about 3 half-answers. UGH! Someone needs to tell these people that I did not pray recently for patience!!!

On the upside, God is doing little things every day that seem to be preparing us for the move, IF it happens. On Tuesday, I took Courtney for her follow-up visit to the opthalmologist. Her eye is looking lots better, and we're backing off the steroid drops gradually over the next couple of weeks till we see him again. He said this is something we will have to stay on top of, because if it comes back, we will have to treat it immediately as it's a degenerative condition in itself, and could still be an indication of something else we just don't see yet.

But get this....He just happens to have a connection with an opthalmologist somewhere in Australia whom he's been emailing back and forth with for the last couple years. He's going to contact this Dr and find out what city he's in, and if he's not in Perth, he's going to ask for a referral to a good pediatric opthalmologist in our area that he can confer with while we're there. Coincidence? I think not. :)