I guess I should probably give an update on what's going on with our adoption. First off, here's a picture of the cutie-pies we are praying and hoping and working to bring home. They are 12 month old twins, a boy and a girl. At this time, we have not heard what their names are, or which one is the boy and which is the girl. I definitely have my own opinion about which is which, but would like some confirmation!
We were incredibly surprised on March 1st, to get a call from OFA asking if we'd be interested in these little ones! Zach stepped out in the middle of church to take the phone call, as he was on call for his work that week. He gave me a funny look when I came out after the service and told me there were twin 12 month-olds that were available and would we be interested? Needless to say, I was pretty shocked as we hadn't even began our home study! The next day, we said YES!! we are interested, and in not too long, we were staring at this beautiful picture. The orphanage is a new one to OFA, and as such, we are their trial run. And while all adoptions can be unpredictable, it is even more so in the DRC, and downright risky in this new orphanage. An email was quickly shot off to Congo with our autobiographies, family picture, and a reference from our pastor. And after the orphanage and a pastor (who had brought the babies to the orphanage) reviewed our papers, it was decided we'd be a good match for the babies.
We have heard from our adoption lawyer that they are hopefully going to be placed with a foster family this weekend. The orphanage is extremely lacking in both food and in enough caregivers to give adequate attention to all the children living there, and we are praying that the transfer is able to happen quickly. Right now we are waiting to hear back from our homestudy place on whether or not we can get going on that. It's been a bit frustrating trying to get this process started. Hopefully we can get something scheduled this week. In the meantime, we have been getting our dossier together and, minus the home study, have just about completed it. If everything goes well, we have been told to expect to travel to DRC to pick them up sometime in the August to October range. I can't believe it could be so soon!! Please continue to keep them in your prayers. We love them already.
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Thank you for the 'add' - I can see how going private has helped bloggers to feel more secure and more free - thanks for sharing your heart so openly - I admire how you're going "all in" and all out - we've just started with OFA and are learning so much practically and spiritually from watching you and others walk ahead of us. Your sister in Him, mary hoyt
Thank you for the 'add' - I can see how going private has helped bloggers to feel more secure and more free - thanks for sharing your heart so openly - I admire how you're going "all in" and all out - we've just started with OFA and are learning so much practically and spiritually from watching you and others walk ahead of us. Your sister in Him, mary hoyt
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