So we wait and he will come home in 2011!

They had a Conference yesterday in Josiah's city we were told that due to the City Government policy the goal of the Committee is not to exceed the number of adoptions that took place last year, and by the end of 2010 they need to present statistic figures that would be less than those from 2009.it is because of the recent US adoptive parent abuse cases, that the Governor wants to reduce the number of adoptions, and his goal is to reduce the number by 60% of the number of adoptions from 2009)


we were told
"Don't worry as your child
has no alternative but to be adopted. Just wait!
It sounds as if you could still get a first trip scheduled by the end of the year, but not court. It doesn't sound like they are officially stopping registrations and first trips for this year, but they are definitely trying to slow them down. I'll keep you updated on what we find out.


So no court until next year, we will just wait each day for that email telling us our date to go meet him.
I don't like this at all, I don't like not knowing, being in limbo every day wondering if it will be the day we get our date. this is not fun not at all.!! I am not one bit surprised, I knew going into this adoption that nothing is set in stone, that things happen and you can't plan on anything going the way you want it to or the way it did for someone else.
I know it's in Gods hands his timing but it doesn't make it easy. Mike wrote this to me and it sorta just sums it all up
"God wouldn't have brought us this far to only close the door ... and if they do close them for the rest of the year then there is more to Gods plan then we can see"


so I guess now we just continue to wait and pray.

going private

No news yet on our date but I have decided to make our blog private so that I can talk more freely about what country Josiah is in, about his orphanage or what ever else I feel I need to vent about. without the worry that it will end up being seen by the wrong eyes and jeopardize our adoption.
So if you would like to keep fallowing our journey. please email me at katrina9@clear.net so I can send you an invite. You will need to tell me how I know you. I will be making the blog private next Monday Oct 4th.

WAITING!

Waiting is hard!I just want to kiss that sweet face!

No date today lets try for Oct 1st

We were told that the Committee had not had time yet to read our dossiers, because of vacations there are too many dossiers left unregistered from the registration of August 23, the date our Dossier was submitted .They told us not to expect a date until Oct 1st at the earliest. So we wait yet another week, we wait.

I am surprisingly calm about this I'm not really upset or sad. Maybe I have just gotten use to these set backs or maybe I realize it is all in Gods perfect time. I hate not knowing our date and not being able to plan but at least I can relax until next Friday when I will then be hitting the Send/Recv button on my emails 100 times a minute in hopes for that email telling me our date. For now I will rest, relax and try to put it out of my mind. Another thing I was thinking was how wonderful it is that there are so many dossiers that still need to be registered, because that means there are that many more kids that will soon be home with a family Thank you Lord!

Catherine makes me smile

I am adding this little girl to the list for this week because every time I see her picture it makes me smile.I dont know all of her info, she is an older child already 5. she needs a family to bring out that spark I can see in her just from this picture.I found out she is not available for adoption only for domestic foster care or guardianship. so we can pray that someone from her country goes in and saves her.

Catherine P.
Date of Birth: March 2005
Gender: Female
Character: calm, sociable

Ivan and Seraphima need a family

Ivan S.

Birthdate: February 2007
Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue
Hair: BlondeCharacter: Sociable
This little teddy bear was born 2/2007. He was born at 38 weeks with a strong Apgar score. He does have a heart condition and will need to be seen by a cardiologist once home, but he is doing very well.





Seraphima L.

Date of Birth: November 2008
Gender: Female
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark
Nature: Calm

still no date

No date today we got word that the lady that was on vacation that gives out the dates wants time to look over our Dossier a little before she gives the date. she told our   facilitator to call back Friday. So lets all pray that she gives us a date on Friday and she does not ask for anything more. If anything at all I have learned thru this adoption that it is all in Gods time, no matter how much I try to plan or how much I try to make things happen it just does not work because it is in his time not mine!

No date today

OK so no date today we will try for tomorrow . why does it feel like time is in slow motion when you are waiting for something! like a kid waiting for christmas morning. Guess that makes it exciting.

Journey of the heart: Down Syndrome Awareness

Journey of the heart: Down Syndrome Awareness

trying not to get too excited

The lady that gives out the dates for our meeting with the committee to go see Josiah our 1st trip, is back from vacation tomorrow. I'm trying not to get too excited about getting our date, she may not get a chance to get it to us by tomorrow. Oh how I pray she does. I'm just tired of waiting, I want our date, I want to book our flights, I want to go see our boy. I will update as soon as we have news.

Our Best Good Deed

Our Best Good Deed
this was written by a Father about the adoption of his new son.
http://covenantbuilders.blogspot.com/2010/09/our-best-good-deed.html

they need a family

Peter P.
Brothers and sisters no
Date of Birth: May 2009
Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue
Hair: brown





Elizabeth M.

Date of Birth : March 2010
Gender: Female
Eyes: Gray
Hair : blond
Character : seeking to communicate

confirmation from God

I wrote 2 days ago  how we didn't get the loan, well that night I prayed and just told God its in his hands! and he told me once again that it will all come not too soon not too late but at the perfect time his time to trust him.

well the next day I was pretty sad all day then I get an envelope in the mail from our mortgage company, it says we were approved for a reconfiguration of our loan. I didn't know what it was. I called Mike and asked him if he filled out any papers or anything about our mortgage. he said no, that back in July he talked to someone on the phone because we were late on our payment. but that was it.We didn't know if this letter was legit or a scam since there are so many scams these days. Mike made an appointment with the loan officer and went in this morning. It is all legit! the lady couldn't even believe it, she said people have been trying to get a reconfiguration and it takes over 6 months. We never filled out any paper work or anything. So here is the big thing we don't have to pay until November Ist  two months!!! our payments were $1500 so that means we have the extra $3000 that we can use on our adoption! just what we needed! $3000 is what we were lacking! now is that God or what!!!! plus our payments have gone down $340 a month! praise God! no refinancing, no huge paperwork mess to fill out just an envelope in the mail saying you were granted this, something we never even asked for..
so now we have what we need for our first trip! and I know the rest will come just in time in Gods time.

The Rescuers - Someone's waiting for you

Be brave little one.
Make a wish for each sad little tear.
Hold your head up though no one is near
Someone's waiting for you.
Don't cry little one.
There'll be a smile where a frown use to be
You'll be part of the love that you see.
Someone's waiting for you.
Always keep a little prayer in your pocket
and you're sure to see the light.
Soon there'll be joy and happiness
and your little world will be bright
Have faith little one
'Til your hopes and your wishes come true.
You must try to be brave little one.
Someone's waiting to love you

loan

So we got an email about the loan we applied for and here it is short and sweet. of course they added a huge amount of niceness to it trying to make it sound not so bad but this is all I could read. "We do not have the resources to provide financial assistance for every family who applies. We sincerely regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you any financial assistance for your adoption."
I don't know what we are going to do about the money we still need,all I can say is it's in Gods hands.
we need around $3,000 for our first trip and will need around $15,000 for our 2nd and not sure about the 3rd. So far we have had just what we needed when we needed it so I will trust for the same for the rest.