Sunday, November 2, 2008

We're Back and CHANGE OF PLANS!

Hi everyone!! Ok so it has been a really long time since I have updated this. It has been a crazy summer. I can't believe I am saying that when it is already November.

Anyways, we do have an announcement. Through lots of thought and prayer, we have decided to pull our dossier out of China and pursue an adoption domestically in the states, an infant or toddler. We just announced this to our agency. We will work with the same social worker that we worked with for Emma's adoption. We will be updating our homestudy next week and turning in some paperwork and a scrapbook to begin the official wait.

The china process was just getting too hard to handle. The expected wait was another 3 or 4 years. We have already been waiting over 2 years. It is also very expensive to keep all paperwork current each year. Although we did grow to love the idea of a child from China (in fact Cindy and Emma even joined a playgroup with families with chinese children which have turned into WONDERFUL relationships) we are excited to be moving in a different direction.

We are confident God will still grant us the child HE has planned. Perhaps the wait for China was a stall for our future baby just like events that we feel were stalls before Emma was born.

It will probably take 1 or 2 months to get our paperwork in order, then we will again be officially waiting. With domestic adoption, there is no telling how long the wait will be since the birthmother chooses the adoptive parents.

PLEASE pray for:
1. Our continued patience and trust in God's timing in this process
2. Protection of the baby (possibly already conceived)
3. Protection of the birthmother and her decision to place her baby up for an adoption
4. Our fundraising efforts. We will be fundraising like crazy again with a garage sale this winter, parents night out babysitting, etc.

I need to figure out how to change the Title and web address for this blog. Mei Mei is little sister in Chinese, and well it doesn't make sense anymore, does it? Any suggestions?

Thanks so much for reading, praying and supporting us through everything! God Bless!

ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FUNDRAISING EVENTS WILL BE POSTED SOON!
PARENTS NIGHT OUT WILL START BACK IN NOVEMBER.

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