We will then have a few more steps to take to make our dossier complete and authenticated, but it's possible that we will be ready for a referral as early as February. For those of you unfamiliar with adoption-speak, that means we find out who our child is -- name, gender, pictures, biographical information, etc. There is usually about a 4-6 month wait between accepting a referral and traveling to pick up the child, so we are still shooting for late summer or early fall for our travel. This could all change of course, as there are many unpredictable elements in the process of international adoption... but still... we're excited!
[By the way, I titled the post "homestudy buddy" because I love love love our social worker! She is so helpful and encouraging -- one of those people who you meet and feel like you've known forever. And she brought me incredible authentic Ethiopian coffee. I love her.]
P.S. Our agency director, Joy Casey, is currently in Ethiopia visiting the orphanages... she will probably hug & kiss our child on this trip without even knowing it -- crazy! If you want to read the reports she is sending back, check out the YWAM Ethiopia blog.
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Yay! If you are motivated the homestudy can get done so quickly, and you never know how God will speed (or, unfortunately, slow) the process to match you with the child he has chosen. In my experience trusting that his timing would be right was very very hard, but, in retrospect I can say he couldn't have picked a more perfect child for us. Remind me of this on round two :-).
You and Jon are awesome parents and I know God has a little one in mind who needs your specific skills and loving care. I'm so excited.
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