Friday, October 26, 2007

Home Study

Yesterday, we received our completed Home Study. I was excited to turn around and put it back in the mail and send it to the Immigration Office. However, I spoke with our Family Coordinator at America World, and she still doesn't know whether China will allow us to do both adoptions at the same time.

I spoke with Leah for quite a long period of time, and unfortunately, she couldn't provide me with any clearer answer as to what is going to happen here. Apparently a lot of China's "rules" are very loose and not concrete. Policies are often "open to interpretation", and they aren't sure how to interpret this. She said that she can't tell us how long we would have to wait or whether we would lose any of the money we have already paid. She also said that we should wait to submit our paperwork to the Immigration offices for a few more weeks. We have to send approximately $800 with our paperwork, and we don't want to make an $800 error. So we are going to wait and see whether China has more details in the next two weeks.

Waiting is never easy, but two things make it easier. One of those things is the hope for our adoption in May. The other thing is the fact that with every bit of waiting, I think that that is bringing us closer to the daughter that is supposed to be ours. The day we log in can make all the difference in the little girl we bring home. I trust that the child we are supposed to have is in God's hands and that brings me great comfort.

So for now, please pray that China lets us proceed with both adoptions at the same time. At this rate, it would still be over EIGHTEEN MONTHS between adoptions! That is a LONG time. So for them to make us wait until this new baby is a year old, seems rather silly. But again, we trust that this brings us the child we are destined to have.

Oh, and yes, Kelsey is here! She came into town yesterday afternoon. We enjoyed a walk, dinner, and then went out to lunch today. I just love Kelsey so much and am so blessed to catch up with her. I'll include some pics later.

1 comment:

AW said...

Wendi, I'll be praying that China let you go through with the adoption. I just know that things will work out perfectly to His plan!

We chose on our own to halt things in our journey. We were so taken aback with the pregnancy that I didn't think we could handle both paths at once. (Especially with the fear of losing it after the other two losses.) But someday. Someday we plan to pick it all up again. Our family is still missing our daughter that's out there somewhere. (Or not yet born!)

I'm so excited to see what God is going to do with all of this for you!