Nepal Adoption Blogs

I've added links to the left of 3 families who are adopting from Nepal, and two of them are in Nepal now! It is so exciting to be able to follow their journeys and see a glimpse of what it may be like for us. I say "may" because these are the first few families to travel so things may change once we travel. If I can be so picky two of the changes I'm hoping for-- that we have more than 3 days' notice to travel, and that we have an identified return date. But I'm not going to be picky-- if these families can get ready in 3 days for an indefinite trip, we can too. If I can remember clearly, I was completely useless in the 2 weeks before we left for China, so we may as well leave in 3 days.

One thing that I've learned on the travel blogs that Nepal does differently than China is that you visit your child in the orphanage for a few days before you take him with you to the hotel. That is so much better for attachment, and far less traumatic. I'm sure it will be very difficult to leave the little fella at the orphanage once we've met him, but knowing it will help his transition to us will help us walk out that door.

The other blog in my Nepal Adoption List is my friend Tonya's, who I am SO glad to have met. My friend Amy, told me about Tonya when she found out we were adopting from Nepal. Tonya and her family were in China adopting their daughter Noelle just 2 months before we were there, and they also used America World. They have a cool story about how they came to choose Nepal for their next adoption, so go check it out on their blog.

Anyway, they live in Maine so we haven't actually met, but we've talked on the phone a couple of times and guess what-- although they were with a different agency at first, they are now using our same agency, so there is a chance that we may travel together to get our boys since we're pretty much on the same timeline with our dossiers. How cool would that be? I never even thought to pray for a Nepal friend, and God gave me one anyway! Adopting from Nepal seems quite lonely compared to China-- there is no Rumor Queen , no Families with Children from Nepal, no Nepali First Baptist Church, the next Olympics aren't in Kathmandu ... you get the idea... so it's even more special to have someone to talk with, pray with, and wait with on this journey.

And now I'm praying that we'll also be able to receive our referrals at the same time and travel together too. They are also requesting a boy aged 1-3, so I'm also praying that our little fellas are at the same orphanage so that they can maintain their connection after they are adopted. If we receive our referrals within the next year (I don't know how likely that is, so don't go holding me to that) and the boys are 3 at referral, they may be about 2 right now. Will you pray with us that our boys are not only well taken care of, but loved and cherished? And will you pray that God has already begun to whisper in each of their ears, words of love and belonging, and that He would give them visions of who their families are so they *know* us when we arrive? It's never too early to pray for these specifics, and while you're at it, you may as well ask that they are good sleepers, especially on airplanes.