Thursday, May 10, 2012

#haitianbycroft(s) update

Well, several weeks into the process and I am completely in awe at the peace that has come.  I've gone through a multitude of emotions and most likely - that will continue since I am me - so deal with it!  But I am appreciative of the ultimate peace that has come over the last couple of weeks.  So, here's where we are:

We have decided to adopt a sibling set for sure.  Not sure what dynamics play into that, we are working that through here in the next couple of weeks.  There are 2 orphanages we are looking at http://www.foyerdesion.org/FAQ.php  is a Haitian led orphanage and http://www.hishomeforchildren.com/  is American led.  Our rep didn't say that one over the other is better, they are both Christian based but the Haitian one has more options, she was leaning more towards the Haitian one for that reason.  She's been there and said she had kids faces in her mind as we spoke.  Ugh!  Then the very same day she decided to take a quick trip at the end of the month to visit each orphanage and invited the Haitian families along.  I'm trying to decide if it is beneficial to spend this kind of money on this end of it or wait until we have a recommendation to go.  We don't choose the kids.  Our Social worker coordinates with the Adoption rep and they work with the orphanage we choose and then make a recommendation to us.  But them getting to know us, seeing us with the kids - would that be beneficial now?  We meet for the first time tomorrow morning with our Social worker so that will be a good question for her.  We cannot afford a trip like this at this point unless it would greatly benefit the process somehow. My thought is that it would be brutal going before knowing who our kids are - I think it would completely mess with my mind and I'd probably come home with all of them!

We want to thank you so much for the support and input.  This is a fun process - lengthy... but we're enjoying it! 

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