Hi all! Wow, it has been over 2 months since I last posted. We made it through the holidays. We had 4 Christmas', a birthday for my sister, a New Year and a birthday for my grandson. I was exhausted, but we did have fun. I have a few photos below of some of the festivities.
The reason for not posting for so long is that there was not a lot of news and if there was it was negative. The Ministry went through some staff changes. These new staff are in place and it sounds like things may get rolling. I truly hope those that have received referrals already will get their travel approvals. It is said maybe 2-4 weeks!?!
On the Yahoo group it has been said that a Ministry meeting was held early this week. One in which we have all been waiting for. This is a good sign. A blog I read said that the Ministry is planning on having all 2009 dossiers matched within two months! Oh my gosh that would be wonderful! Those of us waiting in the Nepal program know that all too often we have heard this kind of news before. So we cautiously take this information in. Tim and I have faith that this program will continue and continue soon. My prayers are with all of you waiting for your child(ren).
For many reasons I could not wait to get out of 2009. Now we are on to 2010 and things are looking up. We have a new social worker and we are looking forward to better communication with her. We are getting closer to having our money saved for the Nepal program fees and the post placement fee. Then we are on to the travel funds which our agency says runs from $5000-$7000. God is good and has provided the funds thus far. We look forward to what He has in store for us this year.
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