After the Appointment

Well . . . we are on quite the roller coaster ride.

We went in this afternoon for our apointment. They asked us what age child we were looking for. We told them we would be willing to take a younger sybling group if they were available. They told us there were none in the under 6 age bracket. They then asked whether we wanted a boy or a girl. We said boy.

They then showed us 5 beautiful boys. Bruce and I were both drawn to one in particular. A blonde grey-eyed three year old. We were told that he did have an older sister who was born in the 90's but that was all the info they had in his file. After a little discussion amongst ourselves we asked if she was also available.

They went and found her file and came back. The form described her as pleasant and cheerful. And she is

(wait for it)

16. I joked once too often about not bringing home a teenager!

When we asked about what the form said she was like, they said they would phone the orphanage and ask. They were trying to get some info from the internet on her when the electricity went down which ended that possibility. They took Gayla's phone number and said they would call with the info when they had it. In the mean time they said they would begin drawing up the paper work for both kids.

A few minutes later they called and the news wasn't good. She apparently has some behavior problems and has run away from the orphanage several times. Our facilitators have impressed upon us that this is serious.

We plan to go ahead and meet them both. The girl has the choice of whether or not she wants to be adopted. They have only been in the system for 18 months. Parental rights were terminated and there is a record of drug use at least with some of the extended family.

Pray for us. Pray very hard. We are ready (I think) to take this girl home but . . .

We will probably meet them on Wednesday. They are both in the same city about 2 hours west of here in different orphanages. The older sibling has the potential to complicate a lot of things. We feel we need to at least meet her and see what God tells us. In the last two hours we have swung through every emotion. There may yet be a good cry in this for us both.

Peace of Christ
Lori & Bruce