Thirteen Months and Counting

Well, here we are.  Thirteen months and counting… and still no referral.

But there is hope… we are getting little tidbits here and there from our case worker.  She is very careful not to tell us anything we shouldn’t know, but I think she has taken pity on us a bit and is dropping a few broad hints. Mix that with gossip from the on-line groups, well! then you have a veritable truth!

So what do we THINK we know? (aka: Stuff we can tell you on the pubic internet!)

We’re almost positive our kids are alive.  I mean, they have already been born.  Since there was no bottom age limit, any point in the last 13 months, we could have had one or two kids still not in this world.  But we’re pretty sure they exist now. 

We’re pretty sure they are coming from the orphange in Nazareth, Adassa.  This means that English will be their THIRD language, as they will have first learned (of course, depending on how old they are,) their birth language, such as Oro.  Then, they will speak and be spoken to in Amharic at the Transition Home… and then English here.  And we want to put these kids into French Immersion one day!  Whew! Well, they are still young enough to absorb and learn multiple languages at once, thank goodness.

We know that the agency is tracking down paperwork for several children. And the rumour mill says that the director of the agency is or was recently in Ethiopia. (And stuff tends to happen while she’s there.) That’s just rumour though! 

So, the moral of the story is that we expect to hear something this month.  It will be a an amazing day, let me tell you. 

In the meanwhile, we just have questions…

Two girls, two boys, or one of each?

How old are they?

Where exactly are they now?  What are they going through? How are they feeling?  Are they happy?  Sad? Healthy?  Well-fed?  Well-loved?

Guess we’ll just have to wait.  And the one thing I DO know FOR SURE – we are experts at waiting by now!