Feb 3rd, 2009 - Adoption Update

I would first like to thank all of you for your prayer, love, and support over the past few weeks and months. Krista and I have been overwhelmed by the amount of people that have contacted us and shared their love and support.

Krista and I received another referral for a little boy yesterday and the accompanying translated medical records this morning. As most of you know we still have the travel arrangements to leave this Saturday from our first referral and were advised to keep them until we received this referral. Unfortunately, the medical report didn’t look positive when Krista and I took a glance before forwarding to Dr Bledsoe. As we expected, Dr Bledsoe advised that a conference call was not necessary, due to the severe medical conditions in the medical report. She quickly diagnosed him with the following conditions: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Spina bifida, and Microcephaly. As we did with the first referral, we declined this referral due to the severity of his medical conditions. We both spoke with the Director from our adoption agency and didn’t receive any positive news about the prospects for receiving another referral. As we have faced so many times before, we must continue to wait. We also face the financial strain of having to change our plane tickets, purchase new visas, and even pay for the documentation to decline the referral. Those challenges aren’t nearly as significant as the emotional strain of saying no to another child and not receiving any encouragement towards a healthier referral. We are grateful that we are in agreement with each other in the type of referral we requested, knowing that it is still what we were called to more than four years ago. So we continue to pray that God would lead us to the child that he has prepared for our family.

Krista and I appreciate your love and prayers more than we could ever express.

Chris

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