Celebration Time!

Today is the one month mark since we were officially placed on the waiting list for a referral of a child. I just checked my email and received word that Gladney's in-country representatives have indeed picked up our dossier. We are so thankful to know that it has arrived in Ethiopia!!! We figured that it was already there, but sometimes it takes awhile for the in-country representatives to actually receive it and then get word to the agency. Gladney's in-country representatives will now take our dossier to be translated into Amharic and to be authenticated in Ethiopia. They will then hold our dossier ready to be submitted to the courts once we have received and accepted a referral. Now the real wait begins. This is the first year that I am actually glad that I'm way behind on our Christmas shopping so that I will have plenty to occupy my mind and time (but I'm not 100% sure it will work). Enough blogging--it's time to celebrate!

No News

We haven't heard anything from our agency since October 15, when they told us that we were officially placed on the waiting list. We have been told that the average wait time for a referral is 3-5 months. We know that our dossier has been sent to Ethiopia, but our caseworker has not confirmed that it has arrived or been picked up by Gladney's in-country representatives. We are staying quite busy these days, so we haven't had too much time to get impatient. As the holidays approach, however, it is hard to think about our family not all being together. Waiting truly is much harder than all of the paperwork, but we know that it is all about God's timing.