Day 29 and Still Counting!

Well, working day 29 has come and gone. We were really hoping to hear something about our appointment date last week. It didn't happen though. At least we're past the five week mark starting into the sixth week on Monday, October 1st. There are elections being held in Ukraine this weekend, so that may have been the hold-up. Hopefully, the hold-up will be over and we will hear something this week.

Don't they know we need to pack, make arrangements for children, animals and bills AND make our travel reservations, just to name a few things?!

Working Day 20 has Arrived!

Well, today is the 20th working day after our dossier has been submitted. This is the minimum amount of time that we have to wait for our appointment date. So, our appointment news could come at anytime. Except for the fact that appointments are only issued on Tuesdays and Thursdays. With two days a week for granting appointments, you'd think they would come soooner! Anyway, at least we've reached this milestone:)

Waiting is so hard!

Today is day 18 of our 20 working days. The SDA requests 20 working days to review our dossier, then they are supposed to issue us an appointment date. It hasn't been working out that way for many families. I haven't been counting weeks, but that is the way some do it. If we did it that way, we will end week four on Saturday. Many are waiting for 6 weeks for their appointment! I don't want to wait that long, but we will have to anyway.

Day 10 of our 20 Day wait is Tomorrow!

We are now officially in the 'wait mode'. Tomorrow will make day 10 of the 20 working days that the SDA wants to review our dossier. Many families have had to wait more than that, but the 20 days is still the guideline. I'd like to say we are waiting patiently, but that wouldn't be the truth! lol

How did our Hosting go?

To make a long story short, after all the fretting and anxiety, yes, we did host. Yes, our little girl liked us and we all got along very well. She was a little bit stand-offish from my husband, but by the last day, she was feeling comfortable around him.

Lily, as she will be known from now on, fit right in with our family. She is just like our other three children. The day camp director told us that she prays about which child to put in which family before she makes the final decision. It is amazing to see how God directs her. Each child fits right in. What is even more amazing is that she had never met us or the host child! Another thing that makes this whole scenario even more amazing is that I found out from someone that Lily almost went to another city with another group. After all the years of thinking about adoption and then finally deciding to see how a child might fit in our family, everything just fell into place. In fact, several unresolved things happened then and have happened recently telling us that God wants us to pursue the adoption of these two precious little girls that he has placed in our path. It has always been amazing to me how God makes things go exactly the way he wants them to go.

We also met Rose at this camp. We have decided to adopt Rose also. Rose and Lily are best friends.

I wanted to blog about all the details of the girls' visit, but that will have to wait until another time.