Where are we now?

We are now officially #39 on the girls' list with our agency, but based on referrals that have gone out since the end of September, we are probably around 31. Lots of referrals have gone out in the past couple of weeks and our agency's orphanage is full of children and babies who have parents here and are waiting on court and embassy appointments. It's been very exciting to watch these families come together. Based on what we've seen thus far, a referral by April or May seems feasible and not really that far off.

What I have to remember as these children get referred to families is that with each child gaining a new family here, they have also experienced an incredible loss. And the birth parents of these children are, of course, grieving for their little ones they've had to relinquish and whom they love. That's the part of adoption that is easy to forget in the midst of our joy at becoming parents, but these children and their birth families really need our prayers.