Adoption Update

We got an email today from our Family Coordinator informing us that our dossier is on its way to Ethiopia. I was kind of expecting that it would leave today as I knew it was being authenticated at the US State Dept. yesterday. I don't know if this is our official DTE (dossier to Ethiopia) as her email was a bit confusing. I will have to give her a call on Monday. Anyway it feels so good to finally get off the paper chasing list and officially taking our place in line for our baby girl.

It is kind of funny how this adoption is completely opposite of Hannah's. In the past it was very easy to get a healthy baby girl from China as they were basically discarded so the family could make room for a boy. Now they are loosening the rules on the one child policy and the wait time for a healthy girl is going upwards of 7 years. In Ethiopia it is just the opposite. The wait time for a baby boy is shorter than that of a girl as they tend to hang on the girls as they consider them lucky and they can take care of the family when they are older. As far as I can tell from the trend the wait time for a baby girl is about 9 months (we waited 8 months for Hannah's referral).

Please pray that maybe the wait time will speed up but we also trust God's timing as it is the only timing that counts. Also pray for the health of all the children in the orphanages and that God will protect them until they meet their forever family.

Have a great weekend and good luck to my nephew Blake and all the runners at the state x-country meet tomorrow. Run Blake Run!!!

Blessings,
Bliss