We were informed by our social worker yesterday that we are #24 on the "dossier waiting list". She said that the way they do the waiting list is by numbering dossiers as they arrive in Ethiopia. This gives us some idea as to the number of families in front of us. Not all families in front of us are requesting the same age/gender of children. When our dossier reached Ethiopia, they were hopeful that referrals would come at 3-6 months. Lately, referrals have been on the longer side of that estimate to become "paperwork ready" and are averaging about 5-6 months (a few families waited 7 months - mostly due to specific age/gender requests). This is actually somewhat of a relief for our family because now we have a better idea of when we will get our referral. The most amazing part of her email was when she said they have referred 7 children to 7 families in the last two weeks! This gave me chills knowing that there are SEVEN LESS orphans! How awesome is that!!!
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