Dossier mailed to Ethiopia (DTE)!!!! Having to do our second adoption with a different agency means learning new adoption lingo. DTE was one of the first I've had to learn. In our first adoption, when our dossier was approved, we were put on the wait list. With our new agency, we are put on the "wait list" when our dossier is mailed to Ethiopia. It's been approved since last Friday so having to wait another week to be put on the "wait list" is a little frustrating. There have been so many more unexpected waits this time through...sick leaves, vacations, holidays, etc. Even in the end when we held on to our finished dossier and big payment for a few weeks, prayerfully seeking God's guidance on what direction we should go. Should we look at other agency WCL or change countries? In the end we have decided that God called us back to Ethiopia a year ago on our first trip to Ethiopia to meet our daughter. He already knows the children He has for our family and we are choosing to trust Him. It's so hard to see the faces of children who are waiting for a family. I just want to bring them all home. And My husband is no help because he just says OK. UGH!
So now we wait. Our parameters are much different this time. We are requesting a child either gender 0 - 7 years or siblings 0 - 7 years. We have no idea how long we will wait. There are just no guesses at time frames when your parameters are so broad. There are many families ahead of us. Our fingerprints expire March of 2013 so my guess is we will need to get that done before our child comes home.
So many changes. We took Belle for a college visit today. She visited the school that Bill and I both graduated from...just a few miles away from where we live. She has cut her choices in schools down from 5 to only 3; so we are getting there. We are praying that God leads her to where He wants her to go. I can't believe she is graduating from high school this year!! Time has flown.... Turning 17 this month really hit me. I think it's going to be hard for her to go away to school because she loves her family and she is especially fond of her little sister. Love to see them together...they have so much fun!
