As many of you know, we had to create a private blog for our more personal adoption journey after an unfortunate backlash from some unknown readers. If you would like access to that blog, please contact me directly.
I do want to keep our extended network of readers up to date on our adoption, though. It seems like ages since we were matched with an orphanage back in April. We wrongly assumed that our dossier had been forwarded to our orphanage at that time, but found out that at the end of June, our agency's representative in India physically flew to that region and hand-delivered it to the orphanage director... who promptly gave us three referrals. I can't describe the joy of opening my email and seeing "referrals!" in the subject line. Unfortunately, all three of them were well outside the margins of our home study clearance, as well as India's own requirements for the age difference between adoptive parents and children. We are still unsure as to why they would refer children to us that would not meet their own country's regulations.
It was heartbreaking, but after much prayer and consideration, we had to turn down those referrals. That was just over a month ago, and the reality is, we could wait for a long, long time for another referral. After that difficult situation, we are hoping that it not only comes sooner than later, but that they refer us a child that more closely reflects our home study. We have been very flexible on age, so we are hoping they will at least be within our range the next time around. In the meantime, we are back to waiting, wondering if we'll get word in a week or a month... or a year about our little Lotus Bud.
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