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A Meeting With The Nuns. . .


Some of the children in the orphanage. . .is my boy one of them?


A sign on the orphanage. . .I "borrowed" this picture from a stranger's blog.

Well, tomorrow we should know a little something. Tim, our Power of Attorney (POA), stopped by the orphanage (HOH) last week and set up a meeting with the nun in charge of it for tomorrow. I am so excited to get something of an answer.

I have heard through the grapevine that they often let the parent or the POA select the child from the home. I have heard different things: I have heard that the parent or POA just gets to choose and I have heard that the nuns pick three and then the parent or POA gets to pick from there. Wow. That was unexpected news. It may be totally outdated information, too. I'm not sure, but prayerfully by this time tomorrow, I will know. And you can bet your bottom dollar that if there is any form of the parent getting to choose, that I will be on the next flight to Kigali (with my girlfriend, Kelly) to go meet my boy!!!!!

I'll keep you posted! I just wanted to post this little bit of information because some of you are almost as desperate for adoption news as I am!

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kim said…
We are so excited and will be waiting to hear something!!!!
May 12, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Leah Reeves said…
Very excited for you! How will you sleep......

Thank you for being so open with your adoption process, it helps those of us thinking about getting started.

~Leah
May 12, 2009 at 7:38 PM
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