I was reading some of our paper work that we received from our agency further explaining the remaining steps of our adoption process. I was wore out in thinking about the number of people and steps that it takes to facilitate one single adoption. No wonder it takes so long and it is so expensive.
First, there are people that approve and review your application and get you started in the process. Then you order all the appropriate documents and someone prepares your marriage and birth certificates for the states where you were born and married. You gather more documents, go to doctors appointments where you involve even more people (doctors, nurses etc.) in the process. A social worker comes to the home for the homestudy. All documents are sent away (you might have to have a courier person hand deliver these documents) to have someone certify and authenticate those documents (this is probably a few different people). Those documents go back to your agency for review. The reviewed documents go to China to be logged in their system. Hard telling how many hands the documents have to go through to finally get to the Letter of Acceptance of your matched child (many involved in the match of your child). Paperwork is sent off so that the child can come to the United States and become a US Citizen. Then China gives you travel approval and all of the travel arrangements (the agency, in China representatives, travel agency etc. are all involved in this process) are made flights, hotels etc.... Appointments for your newly adopted child are made and I am sure much coordinating from the orphanage as well to make sure that all documentation and appropriate records are made so that the child can be adopted. And the nannies and foster care family that has cared for the child in the waiting process....
I am sure I am missing many steps and hands that might be involved ..... but I can already see that there are several people involved...........Oh and I will not forget about the family and friends that I have involved and reached out to for support............
WOW! I can really see how many people will have at some point touched the process that we are going through and how many hands it takes to make this miraculous act happen. I am amazed and in aw.
Instead of being upset at the length and the expense of the process - I have a much clearer understanding of why the fees might be rather expensive. And why the wait so long.....Over the course of a year the number of people and acts that it has taken to achieve this process........ Imagine the many adoptions being conducted at this time. Our agency conducts 30 to 50 per month. This is a whole lot of papers and processing that I am simply amazed by.
I just simply wish that the process was more simple and that more children could be adopted and that more would not be afraid of this amazing process that is facilitated by so many.
I am so thankful for those that have chosen a career that in some way has an impact or lays hands on the adoption process. Oh what a feeling that must be.
Of course, I still want my daughter home as soon as possible in environment where she receives regular - Love, family, care, food, shelter, heat/air conditioning, clothed, medical needs met as well as education and extracurricular activities. A childhood with birthdays and holidays to celebrate... family trips......... and on and on.... But I have a whole New Appreciation Today! I am so very grateful for the many Hands. Those that are the Hands and Feet of Jesus!
Please continue to pray over our process. We are waiting for this Last Paper that will signal us that travel to get our girl will be with in 10-14 weeks.
Please pray for our girls health. She seems to have lost a couple of pounds as of the end of October and we were informed that there has been scabies out breaks. Breaks this mama's Heart. :(
NO one will care for Her and Love her the way we Will.
Amen!
Praise be to God!
Love,
Traci
XOXO
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