Finally Some Encouraging News!
Well, here we are in May of 2007. I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything but there really hasn't been anything to report.
However, it finally seems like we might be getting closer. On Friday, April 13th, we got an e-mail from our agency telling us there was no guarantee but that they anticipated that we would be getting our referral in the next 2 to 4 months!
Then this week another batch of referrals came in and they sent us another e-mail to let us know our referral was not included. We have never gotten that kind of notice before and to us it was very exciting to know we are finally being given notice about such things.
The best news of all is that referrals are finally into November 2007! You'll remember our LID (log in date) was 11/22/05. The referrals in this last batch went as far as 11/1/05. We are finally into November 2005! There are only 20 more days ahead of us. That probably means anywhere from 2-3 more months.
It was devastating when only 2 days of LID's were referred in April. And this month they only did 6 days. Research shows that this follows the same trend of last year's referrals. Of course, if they only do 2 days again, it will take another year for us. Up until April, the average for the previous 6 months had been 15 days a month.
So, who knows? We trust our day will come very soon.
Please pray specifically that we will receive our referral in time to be to China and back before the middle of September. If this doesn't happen we will have to have our Home Study updated a second time.
This has been a real growing experience for us. It is one of those things that is hard to explain and difficult to understand unless you have been through it. But the Lord is soooooooo faithful! There is tremendous comfort in knowing His timing is perfect.
We will have a time of interesting adjustment coming next fall. Not only will we have a new daughter, Jeremy will be a Senior, Kyle will be starting High School as a Freshman, and Logan will be starting Junior High and 6th Grade. Whew! I sure am glad to know God knows what He is doing!
I look forward to being able to post info. again very soon. Maybe in another month or two we'll even have a picture!
However, it finally seems like we might be getting closer. On Friday, April 13th, we got an e-mail from our agency telling us there was no guarantee but that they anticipated that we would be getting our referral in the next 2 to 4 months!
Then this week another batch of referrals came in and they sent us another e-mail to let us know our referral was not included. We have never gotten that kind of notice before and to us it was very exciting to know we are finally being given notice about such things.
The best news of all is that referrals are finally into November 2007! You'll remember our LID (log in date) was 11/22/05. The referrals in this last batch went as far as 11/1/05. We are finally into November 2005! There are only 20 more days ahead of us. That probably means anywhere from 2-3 more months.
It was devastating when only 2 days of LID's were referred in April. And this month they only did 6 days. Research shows that this follows the same trend of last year's referrals. Of course, if they only do 2 days again, it will take another year for us. Up until April, the average for the previous 6 months had been 15 days a month.
So, who knows? We trust our day will come very soon.
Please pray specifically that we will receive our referral in time to be to China and back before the middle of September. If this doesn't happen we will have to have our Home Study updated a second time.
This has been a real growing experience for us. It is one of those things that is hard to explain and difficult to understand unless you have been through it. But the Lord is soooooooo faithful! There is tremendous comfort in knowing His timing is perfect.
We will have a time of interesting adjustment coming next fall. Not only will we have a new daughter, Jeremy will be a Senior, Kyle will be starting High School as a Freshman, and Logan will be starting Junior High and 6th Grade. Whew! I sure am glad to know God knows what He is doing!
I look forward to being able to post info. again very soon. Maybe in another month or two we'll even have a picture!
posted by Robin Pelton at 6:21 PM
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