The Latest

Here's the latest from the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) which is the organization that handles all adoptions in China:

At the beginning of each month we wonder and anticipate "How far will they match this month?" And once again we are extremely disappointed! Back when we were first praying about whether or not to adopt from China (2.5 almost 3 years ago) the wait time was 5-6 months after a dossier had been logged in. At that time they were also matching a whole month worth of LID's (Log In Dates) at a time. Ever since then they have not matched a whole month at a time and in fact have matched as little as 2 days of dossiers for a whole month. What does this mean for us? Well, it means that every single month the CCAA gets further behind and our wait grows. Our dossier was logged in 3/13/06 which means we have been waiting almost 19 months. This month they matched dossiers that were logged in 11/26/05 through 11/30/05 which was a mere 5 days. If you do the math we only have 102 days of LID's between 11/30/05 and our log in. But if the CCAA continues to match only 5 days a month our wait could grow way past the incomprehensible. However each month we hear of possible speed up rumors. November '05 took 5 months to get through. But we knew there were a lot of people logged in that month. Supposedly Dec '05, Jan & Feb '06 are smaller so the hope is that the CCAA will go back to referring at least two weeks at a time. I think next month's referrals will be a tell tale sign for us if our referral will happen by May of next year or closer to the end of the year. Here's to praying for God's perfect timing for our family!