So When is our referral coming??

Well this month has had some ups and downs. We are at our 7 month wait today. Our DTE is 3/19/08. There were 7 referrals in October - with only 2 infant boys. Here is the break down.

America World Received 7 Referrals ranging from infant to 5 years old in September.
THE DTE of the last family who received a boy referral was 02/08/2008THE DTE of the last family who received a girl referral was 12/13/2007
THE DTE of the family who received referrals of sibling group 0-5 was 5/9/2008
THE DTE of the last family who received a referral of 5 year old female is 7/5/2008
We have now completed boy referrals for all families up to March for boys and up to February for girls
The next DTE for girl referral:2/1/2008
THE next DTE for boy: 3/3/2008

There are 4 families requesting boys with DTE 2/29/08/08. We are the first family with a DTE of 3/19/08. So we are family #5 in line for a boy.

The wait time for an infant boy has been 5-7. It is now possible to move to 7-9 months.

Our agency has been successful in giving out 10 referrals for the past few months. While they may give 10 referrals this month, most will be older children. Different variables are affecting the number of infant referrals for October.

The few children available this month have been unable to have a completed paperwork, making them ineligible for a referral at this time. Another reason is that most of the Orphanages are filled to the maximum and are waiting until some children leave to bring children into the city for their paperwork to be completed.


There was also a new fee increase that affects us now. It raises the amount of money we need to come up with in a month. I'm glad I took on extra teaching this quarter!! It just makes me want to bring our Micah home sooner and sooner!!

so that is where we are - waiting still - maybe even until the end of November now - we will likely travel 8 weeks after receiving a referral. I know I mentioned in the last post that I thought our son would be at an orphanage or our agency's transitional home - now I really am unsure - not really sure of anything to be honest! So we wait and pray that he is safe and protected!

Now, enjoy the pictures of my cute nephew Isaiah!! He makes me smile every day! He is almost five months now - but most of the pictures of between 3 and 4 months of age - notice that he has had ample buckeye uniforms since birth! He is a tiny bucknut!






Isaiah and his dad (my brother) wearing their AJ Hawk Jerseys