Six months now we've been logged in... waiting for the day that packet comes in the mail and we are matched with the little girl in our dreams. We're resting easy, because it'll still be a while...
Doing the math, the most recent recipients of their referral packets had waited a cool 16 months(it was 10-12 when we were first logged in). Like an incredible growing monster (ok, maybe a bit dramatic), in the last month the wait has increased by another 2 weeks. As we've mentioned before, what we're up against is a backlog created by a flood of applicants when the wait time was very short (only six months in the Fall of '05).
Just to be clear, there is in no way a shortage of orphaned children in China as we've heard people say... just a shortage of children who are "paper ready". Bureaucracy (the REAL monster) rearing it's ugly head, and meanwhile children and families wait to be united. There is also speculation that the upcoming Olympics, which are in Beijing in 2008, are playing a role in the slowdown. Hard to imagine, but if this trend continues we may be flirting with the '08 Summer Games. With Beijing already being one of the world's most populous cities, I don't believe we want any part of that madness.
Your prayers are appreciated.
Greg & Laura (not gold medal gymnasts)
Doing the math, the most recent recipients of their referral packets had waited a cool 16 months(it was 10-12 when we were first logged in). Like an incredible growing monster (ok, maybe a bit dramatic), in the last month the wait has increased by another 2 weeks. As we've mentioned before, what we're up against is a backlog created by a flood of applicants when the wait time was very short (only six months in the Fall of '05).
Just to be clear, there is in no way a shortage of orphaned children in China as we've heard people say... just a shortage of children who are "paper ready". Bureaucracy (the REAL monster) rearing it's ugly head, and meanwhile children and families wait to be united. There is also speculation that the upcoming Olympics, which are in Beijing in 2008, are playing a role in the slowdown. Hard to imagine, but if this trend continues we may be flirting with the '08 Summer Games. With Beijing already being one of the world's most populous cities, I don't believe we want any part of that madness.
Your prayers are appreciated.
Greg & Laura (not gold medal gymnasts)
1 comment:
Congrats on reaching the six month mark. We don't even have our LID and we're already feeling the weight of every second that stands between us and Lily. I pray that God gives us all patience...
Missy
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