wow.

Today we received a call from our adoption agency.

It was a much anticipated call – we have been waiting for our Letter of Acceptance (referred to as LOA in crazy adoptive momma terminology) from Ch*na for over 90 days granting us official approval to adopt Mayzee. (Average is roughly 50 days, but the wait can be up to 120 days).

It was not the call we had hoped for.

Our dossier (paper baby) was sent to Ch*na (DTC) on 5/20. Shortly thereafter, Ch*na implemented a new computer system. We knew there would be problems, but in my wildest dreams I couldn't have predicted how terribly it would affect us. After our dossier arrived in Ch*na, it was set on a desk during the system upgrade and lost. L.O.S.T. (My blood pressure has risen significantly since we began this adoption)! Our agency resubmitted the digital portion about 6 weeks later and we thought (hoped) all was well. However, after noticing that our dossier had not been making any progress in the system, our agency made several calls to find out what was really going on. Finally today, the main adoption organization in China admitted there had been a mistake. Our dossier (along with 4 others) had been misplaced on someone's desk – so, after being LOST in May, FOUND in June, it was MISPLACED in July and FOUND and LOGGED IN to the system in August (Our LID is 8/13). Instead of being 90+ days into the LOA wait, we were actually 8 days along and starting over on our wait. !@*%!

I was speechless. What do you say to that? Our agency asked Ch*na if our dossier could be processed quickly since it was not a mistake on our end and was told, "No, the dossiers will be processed in the order they are received by LID. Stop calling." wow. Feeling pretty deflated right now. The families we submitted with are preparing to travel next month and we have anywhere from 4-7 months still ahead of us. My momma heart is aching to hold and protect and love this little girl. Perhaps you'll pray with us that they will process our paperwork quickly without further setbacks so we can bring this sweet child home? Mahalo nui loa, my friends. You really are the best.