#32

We are now #32. Not the most exciting thing ever, but better than not moving at all right! I had a long phone conversation with our agency and here is what I got as far as waiting goes right now.

She said that the the people waiting for infants that are about to be matched have been waiting for 9 months. All southern Ethiopian Orphanages are shut down and that has caused a bit of a slow down. She said that our dossier arrived and we were officially placed on the waiting list on Feb. 18th. So, if we are going by the notion that our wait should be no longer than 9 months we are looking at 7.5 more months of waiting. I was told that some months they have an influx of children and that some months they only have 2-3 come through which was the case this month. She said at times they have 10 referrals a month so we could drop from #33-#23 in one month. She said it is hard to give exact numbers b/c you never know how many children on any given month are going to come into the orphanages and be "adoptable". SO in a nutshell, if we have 7.5 more months to go we are looking at being matched with a baby in Oct-Nov. It could be sooner I suppose too. She did say that she had a family that was #20 and got a referral the next week b/c they got so many babies in. This is not typical however, I am not going to underestimate the power of prayer!! Please join us!! :)