Well, the home study is done, and we received a copy this past Tuesday. In the meantime, our FAS presented us with two different children. One boy, "D" had to have a decision made on him in less than hour because he was being presented to match committee for potential match with another family. Kevin and I only had about 50 minutes to digest his file. It was just too fast, so we believed it was God's way of telling us to let it go. So we passed on "D" and prayed that this other family would be the best match. The other child was a few years out of our 0-12 age range, and we are keeping him on the list, but exploring other potential matches. We inquired on some other children in Hillsborough county...2 of them were not a good fit for us and the other 2 were already matched and in the process of being finalized.
Shannon will present our family profile in the "Reverse Match" meeting later on in July. This is when the adoption specialists present potential adoptive families to the case workers of adopt-able children, and they try to match children with families. We may have other potential children come out of that meeting.
In the meantime, Kevin and I are browsing Heart Gallery websites and sending inquiries to case workers in other counties and even other states! We sent out an inquiries from Miami to Philadelphia! We've probably sent out 20 inquiries on different children and now we just sit back and WAIT AGAIN.
As we read child profiles, our hearts break to read the pain and suffering many of these children have had to endure in their short life. We just want to take them all in and love them. However, God has the perfect "match" out there, and we're trusting Him to use His divine providence to clearly open the doors to that child/ren.
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