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Journey to L and H: Where is the justice?

Every journey to adoption is unique. I'm completely convinced that it is a spiritual battle. A fight for justice. It is gut-wrenching, sweat-inducing, nerve-wracking. It saps your strength and your fortitude. And sometimes all you have left is a dimly lit path before you, blurred brambles on each side, and a feeling of utter helplessness. One foot in front of the other. One day at a time. God is with us, we will not fall. We have been blessed to be connected with an entire community of fellow Liberian adoptive parents. One family is here with us. Thank the Lord for them. We couldn't walk this journey without them and it's been a joy to connect with them here. Other families are matched. Some families are not. They are wading through the muck, just as we are. When one of them is having a rough day, the others set aside their own feelings and lift that person up. When one family shares of added delays or unexpected setbacks, we feel it as if it was our own. It'

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