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!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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