Waiting Mode

We are in the (my opinion) hardest part of adoption.  We are in 'waiting mode'.  All our paper work has been turned in. Our file was turned over to the MOJ a week ago and now we wait for the MOJ attorney to go over it and sign off on it and then the Minister or Vice Minister has to sign off on it. Once these things happen the file will be sent to court and we will be assigned a judge and then the judge will either request additional information or not and schedule us a court date. Please pray with us for an adoption friendly judge who will issue the date with out requiring more reports or information. These little things can sometimes add WEEKS to the process.  It is now June and we are praying for a court date this month. The court system shuts down for July and August. This means no court dates and no adoptions during this time. If we get our court date this month we will be able to bring Tobias and Talia home in either August or September. The sooner the better!  As of right now there  is absolutely nothing we can do.  Nothing. It is all out of our hands.  Our part of the paperwork is done. The whole adoption process is "hurry up and wait".  This part is so much harder though because I have already met the kids!  I know them now. I already feel like they are mine and I should just be able to go get them.  I have so many things I want to give them and show them.  I went into the school on Tuesday and let the office know that we are adopting two children with special needs and the service coordinator is supposed to be calling me so we can discuss what kinds of services we can get.  We are keeping Talia home for the school year and we are going to teach her that 1. Mommy and Daddy are her new and forever caregivers.  2. She is loved and cherished. I want to work on her communication skills. She needs to know that we want to communicate with her. She will have time to get used to us and our ways and language and build some trust. That will pretty much be our home school objectives. I also know that she will have some medical issues that we will need to deal with as soon as she is home. So we will see what is available to her.  We are still on the fence with Tobias and school though.  I feel like we will know whether or not to send him once we have him here.  He is very social and self confident and he needs stimulation but he also needs to know us as parents and bond and attach to us. So we will see.  So there you have it. Our progress report.