No referral news yet

Well we haven't heard from our agency yet. They have received a few shared referrals. What is a shared referral you ask? Its a new way the CCAA has been matching children with their forever families. The way it works is there are approx 50 approved agencies that the CCAA will send via email usually a pretty large list of children from ages of under 1 to about 12. These children may have several sn, maybe their age is their sn. The agencies then review the lists and then review the families they have waiting. They then will call the possible family match. At that point you receive the referral info via email. You are to then have a Dr. review this info asap as you don't know who else may be doing this same thing. Once you have the Dr. review and you are ready to accept this referral you contact your agency and they then lock the file, thus noone else may review. Then your LOI is sent to China and you wait for your final approval. This of course is very time sensitive as you don't know who else could/is reviewing the same file as you are. This varies in the agency individual list. This list is for only 1 agency. The agency will search through their families and match the children after much prayer. The family then has 7 days to review the referral. Not nearly as much of a rush. Our agency has not received an individual list for 3 months now. So we are praying a new one comes soon. Please pray for us and Gods perfect timing. We are still well within the parameters the agency told us for waiting, however it is still very difficult. We have asked for 0-4, but for whatever reason I feel we will be referred a 3-4 yo. We are leaving the age in Gods hands and know He will match us with the right child. Either way we know she is on the other side of the world. We pray for her daily. It is just very hard knowing you have a child on the other side of the world and you can't be together. I think of her in the morning, wondering is she having a snack, getting a story read, brushing her teeth? In the evening I think is she just getting up, having breakfast, going to preschool, or in a walker? Our family has alot of faith in the Lord, and this is one of the times when your faith has got to be strong.