We got mail! No, it wasn’t our NBI clearance, but it was a letter from Manila. The NBI sent us a letter requesting additional information. They needed a copy of Jason’s passport, which we faxed right over to them, so we should be getting the clearance in the mail sometime in the next two weeks or so. I cannot even tell you how excited we were to get that letter. We thought for sure that we would have to do it all over again, which we were so not looking forward to. All I can say is “Thank You Canada Post!” Their tracking system may stink, but at least the mail does get to where it’s going. I usually hate surprises, but I have to say that this was a great surprise.
That’s all we have to report this week as far as adoption news goes. Maybe now things are going to start moving much more smoothly and quickly I hope. We did get to go to an adoption meeting last week that was put on by Wide Horizons(our placement agency). We were told that it was going to be a lunch meet-and-greet. I was pretty excited, because this would be the first time we could actually meet some of the Wide Horizons staff in person and also get to know other families adopting through them and maybe from the Philippines. It ended up being a pretty informal meeting and there was really no lunch provided(just a tray of crackers and cheese and some veggies). It went from 12-2pm so I think everyone was starving by the time we all got out of there. If you’re going to call it a “Lunch Meet-and-Greet” than you better actually provide some real food. That’s really my only complaint. I liked the informal way they did it, where we could just talk and ask questions and introduce ourselves. It turned out that most everyone there was interested or already started in the Philippine program. There was also someone there who I have gotten to know on the Philippine adoption group I joined. It was so strange, but very cool, to actually get to meet her in person. They already have a referral for a 15 month old girl from Manila and they have two little boys at home that are our girls ages. It will be fun to hang out with their family after we both have our babies home. We also got to know another family who are filipino. They are at the same point in the process as we are, but since they are filipino they will get a referral much more quickly. We are hoping to stay connected with all of the people we met, so we can help each other through the process. It will also be nice to have connections for our adopted children to get together with later on.
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