October started with a request from Lithuania that we consider a child on their "Special Needs" list. We received information on a sweet little 4 year old girl. We reviewed her history and went over her medical information with our pediatrician. Then we prayed...alot and came to the conclusion that this was the little girl God has chosen for us! We were so excited and then I received a crushing call from our social worker. Turns out that the little girl was sent to all agencies adopting from Lithuania and we had to write up the best letter we could as quickly as we could to the Adoption Services of Lithuania. AS would then take all interested parties and decide who would be the best match for her. Apparently this is how it works for children on the "special needs" list, but our social worker didn't know when she sent us the original email. Grrrr! But this is what we had to do. We spent hours pouring over our letter including everything we thought they would want to know about our resources for her, our involvement in the Lithuanian community, we had our pastor write a beautiful referral letter for us as well as one from a pastor that B knows in Lithuania. We then had it translated by friends of ours so we were confident it said what we wanted it to and that nothing would be lost in the translation. Now we wait. AS is meeting next week, the week of Oct 24 and we should know sometime after the 31st.
Another piece of good news is that we were approved for our adoption loan. Yea!! Now when the referral comes through we will be ready to make the next step. I know this is all in God's hands and I find comfort in that fact. I still continue to pray that we are chosen, but I know in the end, God knows who my daughter is and will help us bring her home. I hope to be posting some GREAT news in November!
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