april down, may & june to go...

well, the good news has been confirmed...
some people with our adoption agency who had a log in date (lid) of april 25th have received their referral!!!
after many months of silence this certainly is exciting news!

what does that mean for us?
well... we're still not exactly sure.
a year ago, ccaa would give an entire month's worth of referrals every month. for instance, if they gave out referrals for everyone logged in for april this month, then next month everyone with a log in date of may would receive their referrals... and then we would receive our referral in the following batch.
however, things haven't worked out that easily for a long time now so i'm trying not to be unrealistically optimistic ;).

we understand that there was a huge batch of april log in dates. we're still not sure if everyone with an april log in date received their referrals or not. however, we are guesstimating that may is relatively small since most everyone was pushing to get in prior to the may 1st deadline (ie. new rules). if that is the case, then maybe we could be back on target for receiving our little one before our return.

if, we get a referral as late as july we will post-pone our departure to the states until after we pick up our little one.

however, if we don't, then we'll return as planned and come back for her at a later time... meaning: as soon as they allow us to!

as always, we're hoping that we receive her sooner rather than later...

please join us in praying for a speedy union!