Next week will mark our dossier being in country for 3 months!!! Yes, 3 months. While I had hoped, against odds, that we would have had our referral by now, it wasn't super realistic of me. But that's why we call it hope :) From the beginning we were told a 3-6 month wait for a referral is realistic but sometimes they come sooner. The Jenkins don't fall into the "sometimes" category in this case. Although, I would be elated to retract that statement if we get a referral before next Thursday! So with quite a bit of excitement we enter "the window" of 3-6 months. We have been fairly warned that because we want 2 kids our wait will be closer to 5-6 months. Doesn't make much sense to you? Me either...at first. We thought (with some guidance from those in the know) our case would go faster because we want 2 kids. So if a sibling group came through we would be bumped up on the list. While normally that's the case...there has been a sudden wave of families who want 2 kids also. And 12 of them are ahead of us on the list! While that makes me happy that families are stepping up and taking in 2 kids that don't have a home...I'm honestly bummed that we have to wait longer. I trust that God knows my kids and provided just a time as this for us to grow our family.
So to sum up, we're still waiting and we still need your prayers. That God would prepare us for travel away from the girls, for bringing 2 more kids home, for the girls to adjust, and to be prepared for whatever comes with bringing kids into the Jenkins family that have likely suffered loss and are grieving and lots of other transitional things that comes with international adoption. We are so excited and cannot wait to get them home. We are hoping that God would allow them to get home before Christmas, but if not we will have Christmas when they get here!
So thankful for our friends and family who keep encouraging us on this long journey!
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