Oh - I guess this is just the beginning of problems - but its not worth stopping or messing up the process. Anyhow I took all the online training last week while traveling - but the hotel wi-fi kept disconnecting, the training courses kept getting frozen and I couldn't get much farther along. and had to stop and start. Well company that has them online basically "failed" us - and ONLY look at the one start and stop time. they refuse to look at how Craig also took them this weekend - so we can't get a certificate. They will let us retake them - but its just very frustrating. They are basically accusing us of "rushing the process" and not caring. The sad thing is the two classes this is happening on out of 5 - are the two we learned the most from! We've had more valuable discussions over the journey for us and our child and becoming a multi-racial family! I can say I honestly learned the most from those classes. its just very frustrating people have issues with their systems or computers and they won't even listen to what we have to say.
On top of it all - I go see the social worker tonight so I plan on talking to her then about this stuff. Craig met with her last week and he felt it went well. so that's always good.
I am still amazed a few times a week by Craig - how he's grown in this process. He's been meetng more people and talking to people about not only adoption but Ethiopia as well. He met a customer from there and who's daughter is as well. So they exchanged information. My taxi driver last week was Ethiopian as well - so it was interesting to hear real stories and nothing "protected" about the country. I even learned Addis Ababa the capital where we'll spend most of our team means "new flower" - how beautiful -
I keep dreaming about our faceless little one - still have little boy in my dreams with chubby cheeks and curly black hair. Even without seeing a face, he's beautiful! And we are posing for a family photo. I just can't wait.
Now we just need to get finances approved for loans or win the lottery. I should be selling personal belongings, but I just hvae this desire that I need to just give. Give things we aren't using. Becuase others really need them. I realized the other day that this may be an answer to some prayers. God's placed my giving heavy on my heart. All these devotionals I have been reading say that you can always give and you will recieve. I didn't realize all that until yesterday - I still just feel like somoene needs this coat or whatever it is.
Ok - I"m babbling. We'll keep everyone posted.
Love
Gail
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