The Other Options

Sorry folks! Its been over a month since the announcement of Kazahkstan's closure and an update.
In an attempt to deal with this announcement, we are looking into the Foster-to-Adopt option. Now that we have settled into this idea, we are feeling better about where we are. Its not easy to change course or entertain the thought of NOT going to Kazakhstan after we carefully, with purpose and research, chose this country as a good fit for us. This option is not completely gone...its just that we want to be open to the adoption process and where ever it may led us. We have to remember that the goal is to be parents and open our hearts to a child that needs us just as much as we need him/her.

We've also taken steps to include Domestic Adoption. My biggest concern about this is the open adoption issue. Of course we are going to let the little one know where and from who he/she comes from. Its the pictures, letters and possible annual visits from the birth parents that I'm a little leery about. Maybe its all the TV shows and movies that shows the biological parents wanting to take back the child they gave up to adoption, or psycho mom stalking the house from a car across the street hoping for a chance to...whatever, right?!! I know rationally that is just sensationalized stuff but isn't that what we are meant to believe?

Only God knows where and when our child will be delivered to us. We are waiting and praying that it will be sooner than later. Until then we will trust in HIM.