Appointment Results

We are traveling tonight to meet a child in Donetsk tomorrow (Friday). It is about an 8 hour trip by car. We had a lot of emotions coming out of the appointment, but I think we have begun to take some comfort in our decision. We are hoping that there are no surprises tomorrow when we meet this child. The meeting was just as we had expected it to be, unfortunately, all of the children had some sort of issue. Some more issues than others. The sibling groups that we were presented were easily crossed off the list because of reasons like HIV, severe mental retardation, and Hepatitis. The rest of the children that we were shown had medical issues or there were things in their pasts that concerned us. One child was described as healthy but was 7 years old, and that would have put them as the oldest child in our family and I wasn't willing to take that distinction away from our son. The child that we have selected to meet is around 2.5 years old. We will meet the child tomorrow and hope to be able to start the adoption process immediately. As soon as we have internet access again, we will pass on all of the details if the adoption is a go. As long as there are no medical surprises tomorrow, we expect it to be a go. Please keep praying f0r us. You can not imagine the emotional struggle that a decision like that is until you have been in that spot. We thought we were prepared but we were not. Also, the lack of sleep and the homesickness don't help any either. We did have an extreme sense of peace though as we waited for our appointment. God did relieve our anxieties. He is good.