Since we have been home with Kate NaNa, Tim and I have both had a lot of people ask questions about adoption. Although some of them have been nosey and rude, the vast majority of them have been sincere and out of a desire to know more about adoption. I even know that there are several of you who have made the decision to take the leap (yay!), and some of you are still praying about that choice (yay for praying!).
When asked about the China program, Tim and I always tell people that the non-special needs program that we started out in has slowed down to the point that people who will receive their referrals this next month will have waited 3 years. We are so thankful that our eyes were opened to the special needs program, where we found our darling girl. We were in the NSN for over two years before we switched programs. Evidently God needed that time to prepare our hearts, to educate us, and to get Kate's file ready!
This week, our agency received the files of more children from China, bringing the number on their agency list up to 12. There are some beautiful faces on this list, and I encourage you (especially those of you praying) to wander over to A Helping Hand and read about them for yourselves. For the record, I am already in love with the little boy with cleft lip. (Don't worry, we haven't been home long enough to adopt again, per China's rules.) There is always a child on there that I fall in love with, who I pray about and eagerly await the note beside their name that says they have been "matched with their forever family". That is such a beautiful little phrase to me.
Anyway, I just wanted to share. The waiting children of China will forever be close to my heart, and I pray for families for each of them.
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