Well, our home study agency is closing it's doors. We really wanted to be able to keep our social worker, so we finally found an agency who would sign her on as a contract worker for us. So we are making the move to AAA (All About Adoption) for to be our home study agency. And once again everything needs to be updated and kept current. So here we go again. Dr. visits. Fingerprints. Social worker visits. Etc..
We just found out that a French couple on a Colombia group I am a member of has been on the ICBF wait list since October 2008 for 2 siblings under 5. They have 15 families ahead of them at this time. That is the same category we are in. I'd like to not say this out loud and be in a bit of denial about it, but it's true. I asked our agency today "Will we wait 4-5 yrs for referral?" She said things are always speeding up and slowing down, but that 4 yrs was a reasonable number. When we started with Colombia I was 6 months and O not quite 2. We were told 6 months for approval and 3 yrs for referral, which was fine by us. Well, 19 mo later we were finally approved and by now wait times are up to 4-5 yrs. Yikes. We followed our hearts to Colombia and if we moved on we would leave a part of our heart forever there. Why? Why are our hearts caught so tight up in those tropical mountains? I don't know, but they definitely are. And maybe, just maybe it's because our children are there somewhere??? Lord, lead us to them and make it be sooner than 4-5 yrs from now, pleeeease.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
OFFICIAL APPROVAL from ICBF!
I have seen it with my EYES! It's true! We have waited 19 months for this! Oh, I know we have a loooong journey ahead of us, but we are so excited to finally be approved by Colombia! The approval wording states that we are approved to adopt 2 children boys/girls 0 - 4 yrs and 11 months. It is hard on me that our children could be born. Are they ok? Thankfully we can pray and pray we do. We can trust them into the loving arms of our Father, but it's hard. I want them in my arms! :) And we've only begun....................................we have years ahead of us................(and today I am not so thankful for Play Dough as I just spent 30 minutes digging Play Dough out of the toaster :)
Friday, January 4, 2013
COLOMBIA APPROVAL!
Truly friends, like music on our ears, we received our Colombia approval! We were approved November 18, 2012. Just found out this week. I know we still have a long journey ahead, but today I'm jumping for joy! We have not received our official letter yet. Like Thomas, I want to see it with my eyes! :) If nothing changes (LOL), we have approximately a 3 year wait ahead of us. Now that we are officially on the waiting list, waiting doesn't seem in vain. In the meantime we will keep our eyes open to other options, but at least Colombia will steadily be getting closer. And really, if we would get 2 toddlers in 3 yrs, Oliver and Isabel would be 6 and 5, our hands would be full once again! I guess we'll see how the doors swing open.
Today I'm thanking the Lord for PlayDough. It has been getting to -30* F at night and warming up if we're lucky to 0 during the day. Very cold. My children have been bouncing off the walls with cabin fever, but today I made them PlayDough and they played with it for hours with their match box toy cars and trucks!
Today I'm thanking the Lord for PlayDough. It has been getting to -30* F at night and warming up if we're lucky to 0 during the day. Very cold. My children have been bouncing off the walls with cabin fever, but today I made them PlayDough and they played with it for hours with their match box toy cars and trucks!
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