waiting vent...

penguincrazy

Hello all,

Just needing to blow off some steam and vent a little over the waiting process.  We've finished all our stateside paperwork, have a completed homestudy, and our dossier was sudmitted to Ghana at the end of March.  We were really hoping to at least have had a referral by now. 

I know this is a long process, and I'm trying to be patient, but I also know that our son is sitting in an orphanage somewhere in Ghana when he could be in our home being loved on.  It's just frustrating to sit and wait and not be able to do anything.  Everytime I see the message light blinking on our answering machine, I think, "maybe this is it!" 

Just needed to say that, and I knew I'd find a sympathetic ear here.

Foster1Mom

Sorry to hear you are frustrated. Hopefully the phone will ring soon.

miss1180

Ugh!! :-( I hear you!! We're in Korea now to "pick up" our son. We waited a year from referrel to travel- sooo hard!!! Our son is/was in a foster home, not an orphanage. But still so hard to know that everyday we waited, he was getting more and more attached to them and not us :-( :-(  I'm sure it will break his heart later today when we take him away from them :-(

   International adoption is so tough- these kids need families and homes. Paperwork or whatever else shouldn't get in the way so much! Hopefully your phone will ring soon with good news!! 

srmmm09

Does your agency not have a waiting list? Something I am so encouraged by is having a number on the waiting list, you know? So I know that, when we're number 10, that we shouldn't be looking for a phone call anytime soon, but when we're number 4, it could happen soon.