Another Adoption....

Back in August of '09 a friend of mine, who is a foster parent, got a call from DHS about a girl with Down Syndrome who had just entered the system. They were looking for a foster home for her. My friend could only take her for a week but that gave them extra time to find a foster home that could take her long term. During that week I got to meet this girl and fell in love with her. She was the catupult that God used to send Larry and I into the journey of special needs adoption which ended up on a journey to Ukraine! All this time this little girl has always sat in the back of our minds. After arriving home and having a good adjustment period we inquired about her again. We were told that it would be worthwhile to start the process to become certified as adoptive parents through the state, and learned later that her parent's rights would be terminated. We were told up front there was no guarantee that we would get her. We completely understood that and did not go public with our certification process until we had more info. Our home is now almost open and we recently found out that another family has come forward for her. We were told that we could still be considered as a potential family. After praying about it, and finding out that the family knows her in some way, we decided that we will not pursue the adoption any further. It was not an easy decision but we are confident it was the right one. We are thrilled that there is a family to love her even if we are disappointed that it isn't us. If that family for any reason changes their mind the social workers know that we are still ready and willing.

We still believe that there is a child out there who doesn't have a family ready to step up and love them that we can love. We are completing the process through the state. We both believe that we are supposed to adopt a child with Down Syndrome, and therefore it is probably more likely that we will end up overseas again at some point. So where does this leave us? We have no idea right now. We are praying and waiting patiently (well at least somewhat patiently) for direction. In the meantime I probably need to stop looking at Reece's Rainbow's website because I've found some treasure but it isn't the right time to go treasure hunting yet!