Big News!
We have very exciting news….we have officially accepted our referral! Even as I type those words, it does not seem real. It is amazing to think of how far God has carried us in this adoption. We are so excited to announce that, Lord willing, we will be bringing our son home this winter. God is so good! On March 19 th 2014 we received an “India Program Referral Announcement” from our agency (AWAA) advocating for children in the system that were still waiting to be matched with a family. These “waiting children” had been in the international adoption system for a long period of time and currently did not meet any families’ listed referral criteria. We had just submitted our dossier (THE giant compilation of paperwork) and were looking forward to a much deserved break from paper work as we waited for the arrival of Summer and Brooke. AWAA had made it very clear that we were not able to receive a referral (being matched with a child) until approximately 6 months after the