To catch everyone up...in the late spring, upon the advisement of our social worker (Katie), Matt and I decided to postpone having our home study done to give ourselves a chance to become more "financially appealing" to the adoption powers that be.  While we felt this was a wise decision it was still discouraging.  I tried to console myself with the thought that maybe our kiddos just weren't ready for us yet...or even born.  We prayed that God would change our hearts about the delay and remind us that he has our little family in mind.  We put operation, "Get Matt a Job/Pay Off Our Debt/Get Money In Savings" into effect in full force.  Our full force has turned out to have the power of a light breeze more than a raging storm but we've been doing the best we can and making a little progress :)

Last week, Katie called me at work and said that she had something she needed to discuss with us.  Katie said there may be a new adoption program starting and when she heard of it she thought of us immediately.  In S. Korea there's an orphanage that cares for N. Korean and Chinese refugee orphans.  The pastor who runs the orphanage has been working to get these children brought into the United States as "unaccompanied refugee minors" and adopted by families here.  Katie thought of us because the adoption is very low cost (we'd only have to pay the fee for the home study), there's no travel involved because politically the children must be brought here (so no travel fees), and off-the-record they are seeking families who are interested in sibling groups.  My heart leapt in my chest when we heard this news!  There's a meeting in Denver on Saturday July 18th with the pastor who runs the orphanage, Lutheran Family Services (the agency doing our home study and prospective partner of the orphanage), representatives of the North Korean and Chinese refugee community in Denver, and prospective adoptive parents.  Again, this is just a potential program with Lutheran Family Services so we're trying not to get our hopes up too high but we're really excited about the possibilities and are looking forward to getting some more information next weekend.