March Adoption Update

China matched referrals for the dates August 22-31st which finally completes the month of August.  I CAN.NOT.BELIEVE we will begin September next month.  I am very surprised they matched 10 days which is a big number for them. I think there were some days in August where the agency was closed so no one was logged in on those days.  There are also several days in September where they have lots of families logged in, so I'm nervous those days could slow things down a bit.  I wouldn't be surprised if there are some months when they only match 2 or 3 days.  We need 19 more days to tick away, we're just not sure how long that could take.  If they kept going 10 days at a time it could be as early as May, but if they slow down to 2 or 3 days a month it could be as long as Oct. or Nov..  This is always the tricky part, wondering how much longer....it seems to be the story of our life.  I'm reading an incredible book, Adopted for Life by Russell Moore.  I highly recommend it for anyone, even if you're not adopting.  I've learned a lot about my own adoption as a child of God.  I'm hoping to start blogging a little more and share my thoughts on adoption and what it means to our family.  Please continue to pray for our little one as she's probably already born and already in a Chinese Welfare Institute.