November Referrals

From my agency:

America World is pleased to announce that we received 34 healthy
female referrals today! Families receiving referrals were logged into
the China Center of Adoption Affairs on August 26 and 30th(groups
227-229).The little girls are currently located in the Guangzhou,
Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces and range in age from 7 months to 2 1/2
years. Please join us in congratulating these families, and in praying
for them as they prepare to travel.

Congratulations to all the families!


On another note...

Yesterday's cutoff date for referrals was a huge disappointment for many of us hoping for signs of a speed up. I know that I really struggled Wednesday night while waiting for news of the cutoff date, and then yesterday morning I actually cried a little in front of my students as I explained what was occurring. Poor kids! They didn't know what to make of their grief-stricken teacher. I did try to explain to them that I was just trying to figure out how to handle one of life's disappointments - that things don't always go the way we expect them to and it can hurt our feelings. I told them I would probably be fine in a little while, and I was.

So, once again I'm trying to adjust my expectations for this journey. It's a bitter pill, isn't it?

Let's see:

• Scenario 1 was a 8-9 month wait.
• Scenario 2 was a 10-12 month wait.
• Scenario 3 was a 15-18 month wait.

Each time I recalibrated my plans and found the good in that new time frame. Guess that's what I need to do once again.

Oh, and pray for miracles...