So now what?

Our SW called late last week and she had another referral for us...from another country. When she called and told J and me the details, we both became excited. As we watched the video and reviewed the medical, we started to believe that perhaps this was going happen for us after all.

The only real problem that J and I have with the information that was provided to us, is that it is all from when the child was 2 months old, he is now 11 months old. That is a large amount of time with no information. We don't feel that we need another video, but we would like some more information about the child's health in the intervening months. I sent the information and a copy of the video to our IA Doctor on Friday and they received the package this morning. So now we wait to hear what they have to say.

I know what I want them to say to us. "He looks very healthy for a 2 month old, and all will be just fine. Go forward with confidence!" However, they are more likely to say that without further measurements, they can't really say much. We have already requested more measurements from our agency, but they have to come from halfway around the world, and things don't always move very quickly.

We are very hopeful, and for that I am very grateful. Hope is usually the first thing to go when we are faced with difficult situations, and that has certainly been true for me and J and our adoption. I've been praying and asking for the Lord to make it clear to us whether we should take that "leap of faith" that they talk about in international adoption, or if we need to hang back just now. He'll show us, we just need to be open to hearing what He has to say.