The call

Supper was just about to be served when hubby decided to follow up with a call that was made to us.  I saw the phone number a couple of times in the day on call waiting but the name on the little screen did not ring a bell.  We figured it was a solicitor since a message was not left on the machine.

I watched Hubby's face during the call.  First he realized WHO it was and then WHY she was calling us so urgently. He brought the phone to me and placed her on speaker.  The one and ONLY thing that I heard or got out of that whole conversation was: "We have a proposal for a little girl".

That's right folks, we have been MATCHED!!!! 

With all the stuff that happened with the country's government, we stopped thinking this was going to be a possibility until the new year.  We are in AWE! 

15 minutes after we hung up (and after the kids got settled with their dinner), I had to call back our agency and confess that I had not listen to a WORD she said after she told us we were matched.  Naturally, she laughed at me and proceeded to explain the details again.  This time, adding to it, that she had just sent us the file via email.  So, while I was finishing our conversation with our agency, hubby has already snooped in my email and scouted the sweet child's picture in the file!

Aw, she is darling.  Simply precious. We will not give any info on her quite yet.  We have a week to decide if we want to commit to her and start the process.  During this time we are advised to seek a medical opinion. 

From the time we commit, it should be around 6 or 7 weeks until we travel on our first trip to meet her.  So....around Christmas...

This trip is not a pick up trip!  After meeting her, we will have to tell our agency that we have seen her and are still interested in pursuing her adoption.  More papers get filed and processed.  Our in-country agency  will do all the legal stuff and court for us.  When court accepts us as her parents, she becomes legally ours and travel arrangements get made to go pick her up.  It is estimated that all of that portion of the process is 3-4 months from the first trip. 

Soooo....still more waiting.  And a lot of moolah that we still need to fundraise.  If you have ideas, let us know.

PLEASE pray for our family and this sweet little girl!!!!!!!!