Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Blind Referrals
We received some disappointing news from our agency today. Evidently, most of the regions in Russia are pushing blind referrals. This means that we may potentially have little or no information about the child before we travel (including medical). It's scary, but we have complete faith that this is what God has planned for us and things will turn out the way they are meant to be.
The Beginning
We are embarking on an amazing journey. After a LOT of thought and even more prayer Shane and I have begun the process to adopt a little boy from Russia. We are excited, scared, anxious and yet completely at peace, as there is no doubt in our minds that God has led us to this decision. He has been so faithful in providing confirmation and answers to our prayers along the way.
We told the girls on Christmas morning. They are VERY excited! Tori asks just about every day when we will receive a picture. Poor thing. It will be a while, but I love her enthusiasm! Grace already has plans to dress the little guy in her leotard, tights, tutu and ballet shoes and make him dance for her. Hey, he's Russian, right? Well, it will probably be to his benefit that Grace will be starting kindergarten next fall.
We decided to start this blog to chronicle this long process, and it also seems the easiest way to keep friends and family up to date. We would love your prayers and support. There are many unknowns with international adoption, but we trust that God has a bigger plan than we could ever figure out on our own (of course, there is no lack of trying on my end).
The biggest question has been "How long will it take?" That's a great question! We would like to know the same thing. I have recently heard stories that the process took 10 months start to finish, and I have also heard recent stories of the process taking close to 1-1/2 years. I am doing everything I can to accomplish the paperwork as quickly as possible. We have requested that our little guy be anywhere from 1 to 3 years old, but are really hoping for closer to 2. That means that he is already here on this planet, waiting for us to love on him and hold him. I don't want him to be apart from his family any longer than he has to be.
As I said before, we would love your prayers and support. We are so excited!
We told the girls on Christmas morning. They are VERY excited! Tori asks just about every day when we will receive a picture. Poor thing. It will be a while, but I love her enthusiasm! Grace already has plans to dress the little guy in her leotard, tights, tutu and ballet shoes and make him dance for her. Hey, he's Russian, right? Well, it will probably be to his benefit that Grace will be starting kindergarten next fall.
We decided to start this blog to chronicle this long process, and it also seems the easiest way to keep friends and family up to date. We would love your prayers and support. There are many unknowns with international adoption, but we trust that God has a bigger plan than we could ever figure out on our own (of course, there is no lack of trying on my end).
The biggest question has been "How long will it take?" That's a great question! We would like to know the same thing. I have recently heard stories that the process took 10 months start to finish, and I have also heard recent stories of the process taking close to 1-1/2 years. I am doing everything I can to accomplish the paperwork as quickly as possible. We have requested that our little guy be anywhere from 1 to 3 years old, but are really hoping for closer to 2. That means that he is already here on this planet, waiting for us to love on him and hold him. I don't want him to be apart from his family any longer than he has to be.
As I said before, we would love your prayers and support. We are so excited!
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