Somewhere Around #50...

So we are officially on the list- yay! We are somewhere around #50. If I understand everything correctly, it's kind of a guesstimate because AWAA has the offical list and doesn't let it out. I can see why it would be necessary to keep it private but... I would still love to know where we are!
As I wrote before, we had a conference call 3 days before we got our DTE and the news wasn't good. When we were told our wait time would be increased to only a year they were saying that the MOWYCA wouldn't really be processing only 5 referrals a day, that that was WORST CASE SCENARIO. Well, guess what. They really are only processing 5 referrals a day. So I'm guessing you just did some math in your head and said, oh! Well, 50 divided by 5 is 10. But, that's not how it works. That's just #50 on the infant boy list. There is a girl list, an older children list, a siblings list, etc. They have decided to allow concurrent pregnancies and/or adoptions Their only requirement is that there is at least 12 months between that child and when you bring home your Ethiopian child. To give you some perspective on what this means... They allow concurrent family building in other programs too. For example, China because it has a wait time of 4 years. Yep, that's right, we are looking at years again for our wait time. So I have spent the last 2 weeks talking God's ear off, asking Him to put a blazingly obvious sign in front of me showing how I'm supposed to use this time. So far, He hasn't shared His plan with me. Sometimes I wish we had the ability to earmark prayers with "High Importance" like I can at work. I know He'll show me what He's got cooking when I'm supposed to see it, but my human patience is just wearing thin. Thankfully, Togo stuff is starting next week and that was the only thing that I've experienced so far that really does help me to gain perspective and it really keeps my faith strong. And God has, very wisely, given me a man to share my life with that always helps me to stay strong. I hate to tell you this ladies, but I really do have the best husband ever.

I haven't written in forever but I have a LOT to share that Justin and I have been up to lately so I promise it won't be months between posts again :)

One Step Closer...

I know I haven't written in forever and this blog is going to be extremely short. Just one quick announcement:

We mailed off our dossier today!!!

I'll write more this weekend. We have another conference call tomorrow afternoon with a status update on the reduction of referrals so I want to make sure I share what they have to say. Please continue to pray!!

Love,
Rachel