Application Accepted!!

We found out yesterday that our application has been officially approved by Los Pisingos!  That means we are now officially on the waiting list. :) You wouldn't think that we would be so excited to be on a waiting list, but the application approval was the last thing that we were waiting for before we could be put on the waiting list. 

So, what's next?  We just wait (patiently) for the phone call with our referral!  We did ask for an updated estimate of wait time for a referral, and we were told 1-2 years.  We are hopeful that the wait will not be this long, but we are prepared to have a long wait ahead of us.

We have seen providence at work in our lives over the last few weeks.  I had been considering what to do for employment post-baby.  The life of public accounting had become more stressful and demanding than I thought I might be able to handle with a baby at home.  A few weeks ago, I was approached with a job opportunity that would still allow me to do meaningful work, and would also allow me to have what I would consider a better work-life fit. Although the opportunity sounded wonderful, I struggled with what that would mean for us.  Could we afford it?  Would I be able to take a sufficient leave when the referral comes in? What would my work schedule be like post-baby?  If the referral was going to be coming soon, did it really make sense to change jobs right now?  Just as we were trying to analyze these issues, we heard from Bethany that all of the adoption houses in Colombia needed to be re-accredited.  The houses go through accreditations routinely, but this time all of the houses had to become re-accredited at the same time which meant this would be much more intense than a routine accreditation.  We really thought this meant that it would be a long time before our application was even reviewed, let alone the wait for a referral after that.  The answer became very clear, and I accepted the job opportunity.  Just a few short weeks later, we now know that our application has been approved.  If this news had come earlier, we would have faced a much more difficult decision.  We will have different challenges now, but we believe that we were led to make the right decision, and we were given the information we needed when we needed it in order to do that.  It is amazing how things work out.

We are going to try to be patient as we continue to wait.  In the meantime we are keeping ourselves busy with lots of other things.  We are trying to consciously enjoy the things that we take for granted now  but will seem like luxuries when we have a little one to take care of.  If you have any suggestions of things we should do between now and when the baby comes, please feel free to share. :)

We will keep you posted as we receive information!