Now, I probably should have started off by saying that I was not having the best of days. It was just one of those days where tons of little things were just not going the way they were supposed to go. I was struggling to get out of my bad mood and hoping for some good news. When the phone rang a few minutes later, I knew it wasn't good.
K was calling. She stated that she never liked giving bad news through email and wanted to call to let me know that the other family wanted Haylie. I was actually surprised that when she told me, I was ok. I was not upset and it didn't make my heart hurt. I was happy that Haylie had found a family even if it wasn't us. I was calm and ok. I was worried about Greg as he was really attached to Haylie. He tried hard not to become too attached as he knew the probability of us getting her was low.
K then said that she did have some good news for us. Monday was the day where agencies are assigned new children. She said that Holt was given a new child that they thought we would like. She sounded a lot like Haylie according to K. She has a cleft as well as a heart issue. She immediately thought of us when they got her file as we were willing to take another child with the same issues. K also gave me an update of a few other girls that we were interested in seeing their files. I told her that we would love to review the file.
About an hour or so later, I got another call from K. She told me that she had not seen the pictures of the child(they are calling her "Tessa") and that the pictures had finally come over to her. She was pleasantly surprised that Tessa looked completely "normal." She does not have a cleft lip, only a cleft palate along with the heart issue. I was not concerned either way, but this will be one less surgical fix she will have to endure.
I ran over to my computer after I got off of the phone and pulled up Tessa's file. I waited to look at her pictures until last as I didn't want to bias myself towards or against her due to looks. She is about 20 months old. I actually think that she is older as the report from when she was found at 2 months old said she had 7 teeth. Maybe that is possible, but I have never heard of a 2 month old having 7 teeth. She was very malnourished and I think they guessed her birthday wrong.
Anyway, as far as I can tell her heart issue looks minor and her cleft palate is fixable. She sounds like a normal functioning toddler. Her speech is behind, but so is Griffin's speech so I'm not worried about that. She had an update from earlier this month which is GREAT to have such updated info. I looked at her pictures after reading all of the information and she is just a doll.
Greg and I decided that we would have her file looked at by Dr. K to see if she picks up on anything that we didn't. I emailed K to let her know what we were doing. She responded back with a list of home study agencies that partner with them in the area and told us that the China team was sure that they could get our family through the approval process and they want us to start our home study. How awesome is that!!If you haven't figured it out by now, I am not the most patient person in the world. I don't like waiting and not knowing. A friend of mine posted a statement on Facebook that really made me think.
"Pretty sure God didn't ask Abraham to wait for Isaac to be born for God's
account. Obeying & waiting is hard."
How true, especially for me. I'm still working on the obeying and waiting patiently part. Even if we say yes to Tessa, there will be some wait and I am sure there will be more obstacles. I'm even more certain that I will learn so much during the rest of this process. I can't wait to see what God does in our lives. And there I go being impatient again.
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