This morning I turned on the computer to see what was happening and one family that is in Nepal has created a blog. Follow along as they post happenings from Nepal. Their daughter is beautiful! Here is the blog:
http://bugbeanandreed.blogspot.com/
Namaste.
Today three French families got their travel approval! They are traveling to Nepal on Sunday. This is great news. We pray the approvals keep coming as well as more referrals. We are praying for all the traveling families for a safe trip to and from Nepal. Congratulations to all the families!
We just wonder where we are on the waiting list. There is word that there is roughly 150 more dossiers matched and waiting. I don't believe we are going to be in this group, but you never know! We believed months ago that we were somewhere in the range of 200-250.
There is a database that families waiting in the Nepal program can enter information into. The information that can be entered is agency name, age requested, when dossier in country, when dossier was registered with the Ministry and things such as that. The database was set up with about 200 lines because that is roughly when Nepal stopped giving numbers. The numbers were a sort of way to know where you were in line. I am not positive, but believe they stopped giving numbers in mid April and we did not receive a number as our log in date at the Ministry was May 1st. Many people have entered their information but there are many, many lines that are not filled in. So what I am really trying to get at is that we hope that some of those numbers do not have a family attached to them and that would move us up in line, but I do know that is wishful thinking!
We try not to lose sight of the fact that everything is in God's timing and God's timing is nothing less than perfect. We continue to pray for the children in Nepal and that they will soon be with their families.
Today is a great day! I came in to work today knowing this is my last day for the week and have Labor Day off too. I am really looking forward to this. Friends from Colorado are coming in Thursday and we are going to the State Fair--can’t wait to see them. Then we are getting together with friends on Saturday evening and Tim and I cannot wait for that either since we did not do much with friends this summer. Then, to top it all off we are getting together with my family on Sunday and I really look forward to seeing my family. So it will be a great weekend!
Then… when I checked my emails I saw that my little sister is having a boy! She sent ultrasound pictures!
Then……(see news below)!!!
2 Ministers sworn in
The Himalayan Times
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded the government for the sixth time on Wednesday. Two of the ministers already have taken oath Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Sarbadev Ojha from Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum-Loktantrik and Minister without portfolio of Sadhbhawna Party Laxman Lal Karna have taken oath. Karna took his oath in the Hindi language. Other Ministers are in the process of taking oath.
Wow, all in one early morning!!
We are praying for you three families that are traveling this week to Nepal. We are truly thankful that you take the time to post as much as you know. It gives us hope that we will be with our child soon as well.
I am finally thinking about blogging again. You know why? Today a few families got their final approval from Nepal! These are families on the Yahoo Group I check out that have received their final approval. We also heard that one family is traveling this Wednesday--already!! The reason it is so quick is to miss the Nepal Holidays which go through much of October. I am so happy for these families and this news gives me a lot of hope that one day soon we will get a referral and will travel. So in preparation for our news to friends and family I am really going to try to keep up on this--at least as much as one can when there is not always news coming from Nepal.
Shaanxi Time