Thirty Months

Not a lot to report on the adoption front.  I think there was one referral that I heard of since last month and they waited 31.5 months.  It seems like every month that goes by, another month is added to the wait which kind of makes it seem like we are never going to catch up.  At this point I am guessing our referral will come by the end of October, or at least that is the date I am setting my mind on so I don’t get discouraged for now.  It will come when it will come and not a moment sooner.  We must be getting somewhat closer because our adoption agency contacted us to arrange a time to talk with us about what to expect when we get our referral and answer any questions we have.  That will take place tomorrow morning at 6:30am - the only time both me and Jason will be home together to talk with them.  

We found out some bad news this past month.  Our agency is raising their fees again and let us know that for anyone who has not gotten a referral by the end of June they would have to pay an additional $3000.  They already raised their fees by $1000 last year, so this was really frustrating to both Jason and I.  Not a thing we can do about it though, so we just keep moving forward and hope we get our referral before they decide they need to raise it again.  It really does seem unfair that they are allowed to increase fees by such a large percent when we are already paying so much and have been waiting so long and have so much invested in it that it would be near impossible to pull out now.  I guess it just is what it is and we just have to put our trust in the Lord that we will be able to afford it when the time comes.