It's official, the cutoff date for this batch of referrals is Dec 14, 2005. The 6 days of paperwork covered in the past month is disappointing in terms of progress, but some batches have covered only two days, so it's not so bad. We are officially in the 29th position in line at the referral window. It will be several months yet, but as we are moving closer it is beginning to get a bit scary.
A young woman who has family here in our town, is on her way to China right now with her husband to be united with their daughter. In a few days they will be holding her for the first time. Please remember Kathy and Matt in your thoughts, and pray they have a safe journey.
We hope to be following in their footsteps in a few months. We have speculated about this before, but with babies often being less than 1 year old at "Gotcha Day", the tiny girl who will be Miaya must surely be living somewhere in China at this moment. We can hold her only in our hearts and pray that she is well cared for and content as she unknowingly waits for her forever family. It is difficult to know that your child is halfway around the world in the care of strangers.
And we can only keep waiting.
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Awww, thank you Michael. We are home finally and are getting settled. It was an amazing trip and I can not wait to follow along your journey to Miaya. It is well worth the wait and once you get your referral and see her face for the first time, you'll be in heaven. The wait, rumors, anxiety of it not happening will fade away and you'll just be so happy. I hope they get through a lot of referrals this month. We're waiting with you to see your dream come true!
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