March 8, 2007-----Just One Year Ago...

On March 8, 2007 we were emailed a waiting children list.

Little did we know (or did we?) that our daughter was on that list.



Below is an excerpt from my journal from that day:

'What an unbelieveable shock! At 5:00 today we got an email that another COP (children of promise) list is out. Wow! Wow! Wow! That's only about 5 weeks after the last one. In the past [our agency] has gotten a list every 4 or 5 months!! Jeff and I looked the list over and found a girl we thought was named 'Wu'. They translated it wrong and it turns out her name is 'Mei'. She's almost 4, DOB 3/20/2003. That is WAY older than we thought we'd want. We talked about it though, and decided to be put on the list' [the way our agency's waiting children list works is that each couple requests to be put on a list to be considered to adopt a certain child/certain children. it's not like getting a traditional referral. you get pictures and information, but have to wait a week for the agency to let you know if they matched you or not.] 'We'll email our application letter for Mei on Monday (3/12), the agency makes their decision on Thurs. (3/15) and we find out their decision on Fri. (3/16). I'm a lot more calm about it this time' [in January 2007 we put in a request for another little girl. we were not matched.] 'Last time was a good experience for me. My eyes are more open about the whole process. But, my eyes are still also closed in prayer! God's will be done.'



So, there you have it. Little did we know that in just ONE WEEK our lives would be changed forever!!