Update...sort of....

Well I have a little bit of an update.  I have no concrete news but at least it is something.  It has quieted my waiting heart.  As most of you know I have been checking my bank account on a daily basis waiting for a charge from FedEx.  FedEx will charge my account to send our dossier to Ethiopia.  When our dossier is in Ethiopia, we are officially waiting for a referral.  Well it has been four weeks and one day since our dossier was sent to get translated.

I called our family case worker on Friday and she told me that sometimes the charge does not show up for weeks after its been sent.  So she put in a request with the organization that has our dossier to see what is going on with our paperwork.  I am hoping to hear that our dossier is already in Ethiopia.  So I now feel like although I am waiting around with no concrete information,  our dossier could already be in Ethiopia which mean we could already be referral ready.

I have been feeling optimistic today.  I have been keeping myself busy with a sick little family and trying not to focus too much on the wait.  I have been reading lots of adoption blogs which help keep me calm while I wait.  Most of the people who are adopting from Ethiopia have crazy long wait times.  The average wait time for our old agency is 25-30 months at the moment and is increasing.  Even with all of the things that have gone wrong and all the waiting we have done, I feel very blessed that God led us to our agency and that we will have our children in our arms very soon.