WE ARE STILL WAITING!!

For those of you who have checked our blog and have seen nothing for the last couple of years, I thought it would be a good idea to give you some information. Since we began our adoption process, the wait has greatly increased. As of April 4, 2010, we have waited three long years, and we are likely to wait that long again before we get our referral. There is a lot of speculation in regard to reason for the increasing wait times, but we are assured that we will have a baby in the end if we just stick it out. So, we are keeping busy and living life in the meantime. As of early last week, the China Child Welfare Center (There is a new director and a new name in place since we began) has made child/parent matches through April 17, 2006. Just to give you an idea of how much longer it is likely to be, those referrals were for adoptive parents logged in between April 12 and April 17, 2006. This means there were five days covered, and since referrals are only issued once a month, it is taking a minimum of six months or so to get through one month's worth of waiting parent files. So, those are the current wait times, four years and growing. Now, that can change a bit as parents turn to other programs and/or drop out of the program completely. Truthfully, I believe that the attrition rate over the next couple of years will get much greater, thus moving us closer to the front of the line. Anhyow, it doesn't really matter what I believe. We'll get our baby girl when it's our turn and in God's time.