This is the part where we wait

The last week has been a bit of a whirlwind. We went to an adoption conference last weekend and ran into the director of our home study agency, Julie. Julie told us that AIAA (our placing agency) has been looking for a family for a 9 month old boy. We know very little about him so far except that he was born at 34 weeks and is developing normally but is small. We didn't realize we could get a referral before our home study was done so we were a little shocked! 

We are still waiting to hear if we get the referral because there is another interested couple. We did get a formal request to view our home study over the weekend from AIAA so that seems like a good thing. We just got it notarized and will send it on tomorrow :) 

If we get the referral and decide to pursue this child, we could bring him home in 4-6 months!

Please be praying that we will be patient, that we will continue to trust that God knows what He is doing, that we will have a clear answer, and that if we do pursue this child that we will be able to pull the finances together much much faster than originally planned. Whew!