Well we are here at last about a year from my original post. We filled out our adoption application on New Year’s Day and will mail the application today. It has been quite a wait and really the wait is just beginning. At times it has been so hard to wait and other times I have had doubts about if this was even right for us, but I know it is what I was meant to do.
We over this year we have seen God work in some amazing ways. We have gone back and forth with what country to adopt from either China or Korea. It would be so much faster to go with China and quite a bit less expensive. Korea has a bunch of unknowns right now as well with the slowing of the EPs (Emigration Permits)and with the Korean governments hopes to eventually close international adoption and have all domestic adoptions, however, we have become so immersed in the Korean culture with having two Korean International students living with us right now (a story for another day) we just really feel this is where God has lead us to adopt.
I'm not exactly sure how I'm feeling right now. It is possible it has not hit me yet that we are actually doing this. It is a long wait probably about 20 months from the time we get ur paperwork in (which could be several months from now) just to get our referral then 3-4 months to travel.
At first I intended this blog to be just an adoption blog but I think I plan to begin a family blog as fun documentation of our lives along with documenting our adoption journey. Maybe I will break into two blogs or maybe keep this. I will update on the happenings of this past year during my "wait", our international students and seeing God work in our lives soon as well.
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