7 Days from 6 Months

Well, the big news this week is that there is no news. We're still waiting for a referral, seven days away from the anniversary our six-month wait.

A few days ago, we received an email from Laura at FFC telling us that we would be receiving a Child Referral Request form sometime this week. I'm not really sure what this is, but from the context of the email it sounds like we'll be asked to give more specifics about the child we're seeking. According to Laura, FFC uses the information we supply to help the orphanages find a child who matches our criteria (healthy male or female under 12 months old at time of travel). Hopefully, this means we are getting one step closer?

In the meantime, congratulations are in order to:

Mel, also adopting through FFC, who recently accepted a referral of a cute boy (http://ramblingsandrumblingsbymel.blogspot.com). We're particularly excited about this because they joined the FFC waiting list on April 4th, just 5 days befeore us, heh, heh, heh...

Rob and Mary, a great couple from our church who have been seeking to adopt a child from India. They weren't expecting to receive a referral for a long time and were pleasantly surprised to get matched with a waiting child, a 17 month-old boy named Anant.