I want to thank all of my loyal blog readers out there...you know who you are! We have relatives, friends from work, brothers and sisters from church, and new friends from our agency. I do want to apologize for such a boring blog lately. Honestly, nothing has been happening. Nothing. Tomorrow will be four months at the same number on the infant girl list. Our agency posted yesterday that things still have not picked up after the elections. The children that come to our orphanages are from different areas of the country and must have certain paperwork completed by local authorities before they come. This is where the process is stalling right now. There are new rules in place to check more extensively that the children qualify for orphan status. I've read on another blog that they are now required to obtain birth certificates and pictures of their guardians. This, plus other elements we might be unaware of, is slowing everything down. They are not sure when things will return to normal.
In the meantime, Mike and I are trying to take care of items on our to do list so we won't have to rush in the future. We started getting our travel shots and prescriptions for Cipro, collecting donations, sewing the bedding and curtains for her room, and trying to read lots of books. I've gotten a lot more relaxed about checking the blog for updates. It's starting to seem like a dream, but I keep reminding myself that it WILL happen and one day we'll forget about this long wait.
So, please bear with my boring blog. I'll keep posting pictures of the kids and some information about Ethiopia. I do hope that soon the excitement will begin. I can't wait to describe the day we see her picture, the first day we meet her, and the day we bring her home. God knows all the details and we just have to wait for them to unfold.
5 comments on "An apology to all my readers..."
You sound so much like me. I could have written this =)
Hanging in there!!! Not happy about our anniversary tomorrow!
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Heather it sounds like you are at least keeping your chin up. I am glad it's you and not me. I certainly would not be able to bear to go through this all over again. I think God had a little mercy on me for that fact??? We can't wait to read that there's a wave of referrals and your baby girl is on the way. Love you!!!!!!!
right there with you...thanks for posting!
It will be so exciting to see a new number, but you do a GREAT job of keeping it pretty entertaining here! I know so little about Ethiopia, so I've enjoyed getting to learn along with you. And as usual, you keep such a good attitude through all of this...pretty sure I'd be super whiny by now if it were me!
I can't wait for the referrals to pick up again!!!! Your patience is amazing :) Smart to get busy on all the things you can do now...I didn't start my to-do list until after passing court and am now running around like a mad woman.
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