"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break." Ancient Chinese Belief
"To those who wait, time opens every door." Chinese Proverb
The whole world has watched as China attempts to recover from the earthquake just a few short days ago. I thought it would be appropriate to set a link here for both information and an opportunity to donate if your heart is compelled to do so.Our adoption agency is currently collecting for the relief effort and it is of course a tax deductable donation.PLEASE say a prayer for these families who have lost children and other loved ones as well as for the many babies who are now without families. My heart aches for these people. The devastation is incomprehensible to me.
Spring may have sprung here on our little lake. The frogs are back. They made their debut tonight and are croaking away as I type. Listening to the frogs at night is by far one of our most favorite things about living in the boonies on this tiny lake...
Well it has been quite a while since I last posted. We have had a couple ups and downs in our journey towards adoption recently. We are currently trying to make some decisions about the path we will take. The Chinese Government has mandated that all agencies that have a Waiting Child program are to participate in one shared list. Which means that all 51 agencies will fight to "lock in" kids from one very large group of children and families must respond to a referral within 48 hours. I think this is bad for families and encourages people to make decisions too quickly. So we are evaluating whether we want to be involved at all. If we choose not to we will stay in the traditional program and forge ahead as originally planned.
Well its a snowy blowy day here. Caitlin and I headed out today for church and found out just how deep the drifts on our road can be! We were stuck-really stuck. Even in my truck. So I called Gordy for help and we had quite a time trying to get out. The snow was all the way up to my doors and getting worse by the second. We had to dig out the road just so Gordy didn't get stuck. Unbelievable. Then of course someone else on the road thought they could get around me despite my obvious state of "stuckness" I tried to sound the horn but it was so muffled there was no use. Well anyway and hour and a half later I was soaking in the tub trying to revive my purple and painful toes. So we didn't make it to church. Caitlin was not pleased.
Well folks it appears that a referral off the current list of children is probably not going to happen. Several times the ladies in the Waiting Child Department at CCAI have stated that the current list will focus on folks with Jan through March Medical Checklists. Even though we are open to a boy which so many are not we will have to wait. Many of the boys are older and/or have more significant needs than we feel comfortable with so they are waiting their families on the agencies website because their needs don't match anyone's list. It is a very sad thing. If Caitlin was a little older there are a couple boys we would snatch up in a second...I'm not sure we are ready for virtual twins. Our wait continues.
