Here's What I Know

Well, with thinking that referrals were starting again in September and not hearing anything all month, I decided that it was time to call our agency. Thankfully, I was able to get in touch with Mission of Tears on Monday and had a pleasant conversation that gave us some answers (for now).

So, here's what I know...

- Referrals will be starting again in November. There's a new policy where children need to go into a database for 60 days before they are able to be adopted internationally. I guess things didn't get going quite as quickly as they had anticipated which is the reason for the delay.

- The social worker in SA has been working very hard, as she always does, and has 12 children on the database that could be potential referrals. This was really encouraging because she has about 24 files waiting for referrals so that's a pretty good ratio.

- Our agency is hoping to send out some information this week giving us an update on the program.

- The lady I spoke with from our agency said things should be getting busy in terms of referrals as January gets closer and we head into the new year. Yeah!!

So now I breathe again for another month without wondering "will we get the call today?" As much as I want referrals to be happening now, it makes such a difference to just know a little bit of what's going on and to know things won't really be happening for another month or so. We pray for our baby girl/boy all the time and trust that God is preparing us both to meet each other.

I was really encouraged after talking to Mission of Tears and am anxiously waiting for what the next few months may hold. Realistically it could still be a a while down the road before we get a referral, but I'm daring to hope that it will be soon.