Adoption Process - Week 12 10/30/2004
This week we prayed a lot for patience. Our Homestudy has still not been submitted. I have no idea what the delay is, and I’ll call next week sometime if we continue to hear nothing.
This week we exchanged several e-mails with Cheri at ADS, Int’l discussing issues having to do with processes at the NAC and the referral process in particular. Some people complain about the way the process is handled. Evidently Americans have a tendency to expect other countries to treat them like they are treated here. It simply doesn’t happen that way. Still, I have heard some things that I need to better understand so as to avoid a bad situation ourselves.
We made a big decision this week, which I still feel very good about.
We have also figured out how we are going to set up our baby registry. Instead of doing it through a particular store, we are selecting from various locations and compiling it here on my site. This will be especially helpful for our families who live across the country from us, as they can have stuff shipped directly. We’re still working on the coding to make it present properly and then we’ll link to it. We will include a way for people to inform us anonymously when something has been purchased so we can designate that an item is no longer requested.
I was directed to another blog written by a couple who is going through the process to adopt from Ukraine and are on a fairly similar time-frame as us. They are using the same Ukraine agency we are. I’ve added the link to my “reading list”. Here is a link toStacia and Erik’s blog if anyone is interested.
I’m glad you feel good about your decision!
Very cool. I like your honesty and openess to receive THE child God has for you. (I had just assumed that God would provide the little boy you desired, but since you are open to either boy or girl, …well, I think God likes to give us surprises!!