Another year has creeped past waiting to be united with our daughter. Everytime it seemed there was a glimmer of hope for speeding up, another sparse month of referrals was issued. Now, it looks like the time will actually hit within the next two months. I'm not sure what to make of the whole process, but just know that when we receive the referral there will be much elation. We have a Nov. 8, 2005 LID and the CCAA has processed (we hope) to Nov 1, 2005 for the May batch. That is assuming information from other families/blogs holds true to form.

For any new folks to the process, I pray for you because it seems the wait will continue to increase for quite so time more. I try to balance getting excited with the pending referral and patience because you never know what the CCAA will do from month to month.

This has definitely been a test of patience and accepting God's will for our lives. Good luck to anyone else out there in the process.

KEG.