Process: "A series of actions or steps taken to achieve an end."
We've been told that adoption is a process. We have also declared time and time again that this adoption has been a process. Apparently we just didn't understand fully, the process. We have done everything in our power to fulfill the required steps of the process hoping to get us closer to the end which is a referral for a new little one to love. We thought we had come to the point of the process where all we had to do was "wait". We understand that the "waiting" is a long, difficult part of the process but felt good that we had made it to that point. Apparently we misunderstood this part of the process.
Our paperwork had made it to the Philippines and so we were under the understanding that this meant ICAB would begin reviewing and matching within the next 18-36 months. Today I received a message from our social worker that stated we have not yet gained official ICAB approval and so we are not yet on the waiting list. WE ARE NOT EVEN IN THE WAITING PART OF THE PROCESS!
It definitely feels like 2 steps back for us. I feel as if the end is never to come. I'm trying to remember that God is in control of this process and to just trust but it's difficult today.
We're praying for "official ICAB approval" so that we can move this along.
My apologies to those of you who have so kindly asked us how things with the adoption are going. We appreciate the love but I've told many of you that we are "waiting" for referral. I must retract that..we are waiting for approval...still.
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