This Week's Referrals

We received notification this week of the following:

The Ethiopia program is thrilled to announce that we received referrals of 3 children this week. A 4 month old baby girl, and two boys 19 months and 2 years old. Congratulations to all of the families. The families waited 9 months, 7 ½ months and 3 months.

So, unfortunately our group (boys under 12 months) didn't get any referrals which means we haven't moved up on the list, but the good news is that 3 families received referrals and that's always great news.

Referrals seem to ebb and flow . . . for awhile it's been older children and baby girls, and a couple months ago there were 5 baby boys referred in just one week. It's a little nerve-wracking, especially because we're not told exactly where we are on the list. We know that there are 103 families (well, I guess after today's referrals that would be 100 families) waiting . . . but those include ALL families. Some are waiting for older children, sibling groups and some are waiting for girls and boys.

From reading other family blogs, it looks like when you get close to the top of the list, people know if they're first or second on the list, etc. And through these referral notices, you can also keep track of the wait times. As mentioned in my last post, it appears families waiting for babies are waiting just about 9 months.

And to my lovely daughter, Gwen, who complained that my last post wasn't "personal" enough . . . you'll just have to stay tuned for me to have a melt-down and then my post will get personal!! :o)

Until next time . . . have a great weekend all!