Update on the Wait

It is hard to believe that it has been almost two weeks since we received Hope's referral. We can't get enough of her picture! I have one on my lanyard and Ron keeps one in his pocket everyday. BUT, we don't yet have one up in our house! We just haven't been anywhere to enlarge one yet. I'm feeling like a bad Mom already. Even Grandma and Grandpa have a framed photo up in their living room. Maybe that is the project for this week. :)

We have collected all of the info and payments for the agency that we need at this point. We can still do a little research and gathering of information for our Visa application which we'll have to send in after we receive our travel approval. Other than that, we just need to wait some more. I can't tell you what a difference it makes to have Hope's picture to look at everyday. I think the next 6 weeks or so will go by pretty quickly. It won't be long, and we'll have her home.

The exciting news for the past week is that we've been in contact with Brian Stuy at Research-China and he has located Hope's finding ad. How amazing it will be for us to have the earliest existing picture of Hope in our possession. With so little of her history available, this little tangible piece of her past will be priceless.

We've also learned that there is an orginization called Grace & Hope for Children that is active in supporting foster care in Guangxi Province. It is our hope that our Hope is placed in one of their homes. What a blessing it would be to know that she is being cared for and supported by such wonderful organization. Check out their website for more information.