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It Came So Soon!!

Jim and I had just completed and sent in our dossier.  For those of you that are unfamiliar with the adoption process, a dossier is a LENGTHY document that includes our home study and other information that the Ethiopian government requires for us to adopt from their country.  When we asked our adoption worker how long it would take for a referral, she said “anytime”.  After investigating other adoption families’ timelines, it appeared that it would be May or June before we would receive a referral.  I was WRONG!!!

On February 28, 2012, we received an e-mail asking whether we would be open to twin girls that were six years old.  In addition, they had a younger brother that was one.  We told the agency that we would like additional information about the children.  The next morning the pictures came. 

 I knew these children were to be in our family immediately.  They had recently been placed in care as a result of their mother passing away.  Their father was unable to care for them.  As you can imagine, there was a lot to think about. 

The first day was surreal and by that night my head was spinning.  Jim was tired from not sleeping the night before.  The next day, he was stuck on “3” and said it many times…..THREE, THREE, THREE Meredith, “you can’t take them back” was his words.  I think that’s what he heard the entire day from everyone he shared the news with.  It took a bit of time for him to process it.  But finally decided he was at peace with moving forward even though we still have lots to sort through.  And what’s really neat is that I love the children in my heart already.  I wasn’t sure if that would happen so immediately.   My prayer for our children would be that they would know God’s grace in a deep personal way. 

Meredith

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