While we where in Albania we where told about a girl whose abandonment papers where just signed. She is 12 turning 13 in Aug. she was in an orphanage north of Tirana and had been living there since about the age of 6. She loves to play soccer and would very much like to be adopted. We wanted very badly to visit but where not permitted and time would not have allowed for it anyway. We came home and talked about it with the kids and of course prayed about it. This was a big change, from a boy to a girl and a 5 year old to a teen! Well about six weeks ago we made up our minds (although it wasn't a surprise to anyone really). We called our SW told her that we wanted to adopt her and to please find out when her six month waiting period would be up. We decided to keep it close until we at least knew that, finally today we found out that if an Albanian family does not adopt her she will be assigned to us in September! We are so very happy to have this news. We are guarding our hearts as much as possible. So as many prayers as you would like to say feel free!
OK so here's what's been happening the last six weeks. We know that she is 12 and turning 13 in Aug. she loves to play soccer and apparently is a pretty good player. She enjoys drawing and gets good grades in school. She was raised primarily by nuns until she was 6 and then placed in a school aged orphanage, that's where she is now. She is a Christian and wants to be adopted by a Christian family. In her assessment it states that she would enjoy an active family so we know she will fit right in! We have been paying anonymously for her to have English lessons and she enjoys them very much. She will not know about us until Sept. that's when we can sign the papers and the Judge will set a court date. Hopefully we would travel shortly after that and be home by Christmas.
So here she is! We are working on getting more information and more pictures.
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Melissa, that is wonderful news, I am so excited for you guys. Keep us posted :)
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