Today we trekked to Harrisburg, PA to get the state seal on a variety of documents for Jonathan's adoption. Actually, "a variety of documents" is an understatement. To be precise, we had to to get the state seal on eleven out of the twenty three documents that make up our dossier. That dossier represents over four months of work for Kim, and after making the required 4 copies of each we entrusted the originals, plus copies to FedEx and got to keep one copy for ourselves (sort of a memento, I guess.)
So, while Kim and I were at Kinkos, putting these packages together (sort, sort, sort, staple, sort, sort, sort, staple) I thought to myself, “Is this what adventure looks like?” It's easy for me to think about the big stuff, like our trip to China, or the impact Jonathan will have on our family dynamic, but really the adventure is also a collection of a bunch of these monotonous little moments as well. I think there's something to that idea ... but those are deep waters and it's late and I should be getting to bed.
It was a good day. We were due for a good day. Last week we, were on pins and needles waiting for the last of those documents to arrive. Our caseworker resigned from our adoption agency so she could work closer to her home. We're starting to feel the pull on our finances as we move through this process. Tough things, but they are stretching us in good ways ... reminding and reaffirming to Kim and me why we're doing this thing. Still, it was nice to have a good day!
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Congratulations on getting those documents together. I remember well the sorting and stacking and stapling and that wonderful feeling of accomplishment when the dossier was ready to go. We completely understand feeling 'the pull of finances'. We're also in the process of adopting our fifth child and (like you) received our referral very quickly after filling out or COP documents. We were shocked and thrilled, but realized we've got to get our finances for the adoption together a lot more quickly than we'd anticipated. God provides, though. We trust in that.
ReplyDeleteWe're still waiting on PA, but have an LID of June 2008. Perhaps we'll be in China at the same time.