We first began testing the idea of a blog back in December...when we thought we'd get our referral in January and travel in March. Well, the long wait has set in.
For those of you unfamiliar with China Adoption...here's a short primer and a bit of what we've gone through.
First...the slow down. At the time we began the process the wait time for a referral (when they match you with a child) was 6-8 months. That increased to a current wait of 12 months.
Second...the reason. This is due to 2 reasons: 1) the increased number of families wanted to adopt from China 2) the paperwork prepared by the orphanages and given to the government slowed down. They can't match a waiting family with a child if they don't have a file on the child.
The journey has been long and we're very close to an ending but we're still not there yet. We expect to get our referral in late August and travel in late October/early November. There have been good days and bad as the wait has progressed but we're sure the right little girl for us is just waiting for us.
As we get closer to the referral we will post more often. We'll have so much to share once we know who she is and where she's from. We look forward to sharing our happy news with you once we finally have some.
