NEW CHANGES UPDATE

December 5, 2007

Well, it has been a while since I have updated about our adoption. There have been a few changes......

First we had another interview today with our social worker, it went well. She is coming to our house for our home visit next Friday and then we are done with our homestudy!!

Over the past month Viet Nam has had some problems on the adoption front, which could possibly lead to US stopping adoptions from Viet Nam until they can work out the details. I pray that this will not be the case, but most likely will happen in the early spring. After praying about it and talking to each other along with our pastor and his wife, we have decided that instead of taking the chance that the program will close to instead adopt from KOREA!!

(The decision to switch was not an easy one to make. With adoption you love your child way before you have them, and for me to switch countries was almost like losing a baby. I have grieved and now am moving on.)
Korea has the longest running of international adoptions in the US. It is a very smooth running process. Also they don't have the political turmoil that alot of other countries do. Since we are drawn to Asian countries Korea seems to be a perfect fit. Jamie likes it because the travel time is relatively short, just 5-7 days and they have direct flights from Dulles to Seoul. The time frame is about the same, hopefully next summer a referral and travel 3-4 months later.

After telling people that we have decided to go with Korea, it has amazed me that a lot of people have said that's where they thought we should be anyway.

Will update more soon.