Turmoil

More referrals went out at the end of April which cover 7 days worth of LIDs. I have been telling myself that the wait is okay and a good thing. I have been saying that it means many little girls are leaving orphanages. We want every girl to have a loving home. But, I spoke with our SW regarding the wait. She provided different insight. According to her, in the past orphanages were processing children who would subsequently wait 6+ months for placement/referral. Now the situation is different. CCAA has placed all waiting children from orphanages. There is no longer a backlog for them to draw upon. Instead, as soon as paperwork on a child is processed they are placed with a family. It would appear that part of the delay is that there are not enough children ready to be placed with families. According to the SW, CCAA has been pushing the orphanages to get cranking on paperwork for the children, but it seems like the situation we were lead to believe.

We wanted to adopt a child that would not have a home otherwise. Yet, hearing about the disappearance of a children's backlog and such an interest globally, we are wondering if China is still the right choice. This is so difficult to determine when so little information is truly available. It leaves us in a personal turmoil. Do we continue down this path, maybe to wait years for a child or do we regroup and focus where their is less attention and therefore greater need??