News Article

So many people have asked me why the adoptions in Ethiopia have slowed down so much. Someone posted a great article on our America World Adoption group today that explains a lot of it: http://www.worldmag.com/articles/18357 It also mentions our agency specifically as one of three who are doing very thorough investigations into each orphan, which adds to the wait. I would rather wait longer and make sure our child/children is a true orphan than have to ever question that fact!

Request Change

Dennis and I have felt for 18 months that God was calling us to adopt two
children, siblings or unrelated. Our request is for 0-16 months and 0-5 years,
one girl and one boy. In order to get unrelated, which is what we have assumed
would happen the quickest, we had to wait until we were #1 for the infant girl
AND no one else can be on the list for the older child AND they had to have both
children at the same time, they don't "hold" one. So, with the adoptions
slowing down (they are doing intense, thorough investigations on all orphans now), and with so many people on the list for older children still, we just
don't feel like this is going to happen now. So, after weeks of praying and
talking many times to Caitlin, our coordinator, we have decided to accept a single infant girl request 0-16 months. After we get our infant girl referral, Caitlin said we would still be open to accept an older boy if one becomes available before we go to court. We have a room ready for an older boy, our kids are still expecting him, he is still in our hearts, but maybe God has other plans. Maybe His timing for us to have our son is different than right now. Maybe He will still bless us with our son before we go to court. I will trust that whatever His plan is, we will be at
peace with it.