Sorry the blog has been quiet lately! In all honesty that is probably how it will be, exciting spurts of info followed by a lull. Just too many things to keep up with.
This new path we are taking will lead us to the Democratic Republic of Congo! Like I posted before, Haiti is starting to make many changes concerning it's Hague status. They are currently closed to accepting new dossiers. They were supposed to open on August 1st. That did not happen and they do not know when they will open, September they are thinking. Scary! Just too many unknowns at this time to proceed with that country. There will always be uncertainty with adoption, but we aren't looking forward to starting the process with any known problems.
If you have read previous posts, you know that God was leading us to Haiti. I am not sure why things have changed, or why he lead us there in the beginning. I have been led to many wonderful blogs and have learned about awesome programs and orphanages in Haiti. I hope in the future we can be part of the work there.
Also you might remember my concern adopting from the DRC. After reading many blogs (from people either living in or very closely connected to) about adopting from the DRC I feel at ease and fully prepared to ask the right questions to make an ethical decision.
What's next?
We have our home study scheduled for September 6-7. Please be in prayer for our time with the social worker.
We will be starting to compile our dossier in a few days (along with many other forms). This process could take 3-6 months. We will then wait for our referral, which could take an estimated 1-4 months. Then we should be able to travel once and pick up our child/children 6-9 months after referral. Of course there will probably be bumps along the road!
This time frame should be much faster than Haiti. Which is exciting and scary at the same time, because that means we will have to have our money in place much quicker.
Thank you so much for following along with us on this journey!
