Referrals in May

There were four referrals in May that I know of - I say "know of" because I keep up with this information through our yahoo chat group for families adoption from ET through our agency. There may be families we don't know of who received referrals, but we doubt this.

SO, two families received referrals May 7:
infant boy (DTE 10/5/07)
2 Waiting children (older children) (DTE 12/21/07)

AND two more families received referrals May 29:

Infant Girl: DTE October 5th 2007
Infant Boy: DTE October 5th 2007

Based on the new referrals. The wait time for both infant girl & infant boy is 7-9 months from Dossier Submission or DTE (Dossier to Ethiopia).

So the month of May saw five children get referred to four families. Our agency's goal is to be able to get 10 referrals out each month. This month was busy as one of our coordinators was in Addis Ababa Ethiopia for half the month working with staff there. Also, the courts are slowing due to power outages and no rain - PRAY FOR RAIN!

For those wondering where we are in line - we are about family # 40-50. Some of these families though are requesting girls and/or siblings and/or waiting children so it does not always go straight down the line.

We are looking at 5 more months of a wait right now. We've waited 2 months thus far for our referral (note the ticker! Love that ticker!). After referral, it may take 4-6 weeks to get a court date and another 3 weeks to travel after we pass court. It may take us two or three or four tries to pass court, depending on if the paperwork is there or not.