Sunday, November 16, 2008

News from the placing agency...

We heard from the caseworker at the placing agency Friday. She said another family is trying to complete their homestudy in an attempt to adopt the same baby girl! I know I should be happy for her that she could have a forever family even sooner than us, but somehow I can't bring myself to be that big of a person. I'm so upset. The caseworker said that the other family isn't completed yet either, so no idea how far along in the process they are, but Taiwan is certainly anxious to place her, so ... whoever gets done first.

After contacting the caseworker doing our homestudy here in Michigan, she is going to try to expedite the whole thing, but must get clearance from her supervisor to hurry it along vs. using their typical time frame. So... the good news: we could possibly be done sooner than anticipated and bring her home from the orphanage sooner than we thought. The bad news: that also means we have to come up with A LOT of money sooner than anticipated!

So, that said, say a prayer for us that this all goes forward very quickly and she isn't "matched" with another family before we're able to get our paper over to Taiwan, and that we are able to come up with the money to proceed!

Sheryl

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