Update

Thank you to all of you who were praying for us and encouraging us during this past week. Things became pretty tense and stressful there for a bit, but it looks like everything is going to turn out okay. I don't know if it was due to prayer or due to the fact that Luke has decided to get more involved (going to our agency, meeting with the people involved with our case, clearly expressing the necessity of getting this resolved quickly) but it looks like our bump in the road is going to be resolved rather quickly without impacting our wait for Aiden. We did have to quickly scramble to get our medical exams done again, our financial paperwork copied and organized, and our reference letters gathered, but we managed to get everything done and completed our home study visit yesterday afternoon. The home study supervisor ended up taking over our case and promises to have the home study update completed in two weeks. Thank goodness!
We received another waiting families letter yesterday which provided us with some updates about how things are progressing in Korea. We receive these letters every 2-3 months or so. Unfortunately, there wasn't much good news in the letter. Things continue to move at an agonizingly slow pace. There is truth to the rumor we heard last fall that Korean heritage families will receive priority e.p. processing. However, the logistics of this are still being worked through and nothing has been implemented at this point. Our case manager is warning us that we most likely will not be in the first batch of families submitted for e.p. which means that traveling in the late spring or even later is becoming a very real possiblity. We are digging deep and are trying to stay positive and to focus on the blessings in our life. The adoption journey is not an easy one, but the end result is more than worth the heartache along the way.