Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Great advice for how to ask appropriate questions about adoptive families!
It's official- We are registered with Bulgaria!
We got word yesterday that we have been officially registered with the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice. That means our name goes on a list of prospective families. Here is how the process works now:
Each week, the International Adoption Committee (IAC) meets to review about 10 files of children available for adoption. They work through the list of prospective families, beginning with those who have been waiting the longest. However, it isn't really "first come first served" because each family has specified age, gender, and openness to siblings and special needs. So, the first family on the list might not match the child or children. They continue down the list trying to match the child with a family that is best suited for them.
We are hoping that our openness to siblings and special needs will help to shorten our wait. However, we really have to give up control of this process to the Lord now. We trust that He has the right children picked out for us, and we will meet them at just the right time. If that is a year from now, or 3 years from now, that has to be ok with us. This adoption thing really tests the control freak aspect of my personality. Its a good thing though, because I think children will test it even more!
Next up, I will try to answer some of the common questions we have heard about our adoption story, like "Why Bulgaria?"
Each week, the International Adoption Committee (IAC) meets to review about 10 files of children available for adoption. They work through the list of prospective families, beginning with those who have been waiting the longest. However, it isn't really "first come first served" because each family has specified age, gender, and openness to siblings and special needs. So, the first family on the list might not match the child or children. They continue down the list trying to match the child with a family that is best suited for them.
We are hoping that our openness to siblings and special needs will help to shorten our wait. However, we really have to give up control of this process to the Lord now. We trust that He has the right children picked out for us, and we will meet them at just the right time. If that is a year from now, or 3 years from now, that has to be ok with us. This adoption thing really tests the control freak aspect of my personality. Its a good thing though, because I think children will test it even more!
Next up, I will try to answer some of the common questions we have heard about our adoption story, like "Why Bulgaria?"
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