Referrals-come out wherever you are!

Come out come out wherever you are!  The referrals are definitely in hiding.  Our agency had 0 in March and only 2 so far this year.  April has got to be the month!  Last year it was one of the biggest referral months of the year.  Does that mean anything?   I have no idea, but it sounds good.  We have been told that there are children of all ages waiting for paperwork to be collected for referral.

Patience!  Prayers!  Perseverance!
Love,
Deena

She is my Ordinary Hero!

I feel so blessed to be able to tell this story of how the wonderful founder of Ordinary Hero absolutely walks the walk of her company every day....
 The families that are also using our agency communicate with one another on a daily basis about all things related to adoption from the time you begin the process to the time you bring your child home.  There was a family that was having an extremely difficult time with the adjustment of bringing their child home.  I won't go into detail to protect the family and child.  I was devastated with them through their struggles, but felt helpless being so far away from them.  When I learned that they lived in the neighborhood of Ordinary Hero's headquarters I thought I might give them a call and see if any of their Ethiopian travels, outreach, and advocacy could be of help to this family.  I sent an email to the founder of Ordinary Hero- Kelly Putty asking her for urgent help for this family.  She responded right away and said that she had an idea.  She contacted an Ethiopian family that was willing to travel to them to help them out.  The connection made was of great service to the family.

When I thought about what I was asking Kelly to do I thought it would be easy for her to find an excuse to walk away from the problem.  Instead she and the wonderful Ethiopian family decided to help out total strangers in their time of great need.  I am honored to get to be an affiliate of this company through our Ethiopian Adoption.  The company sells items to serve the Ethiopian community and at the same time helps adopting families raise the funds for their adoption expenses.  There are few people you meet in this world who actually live by their principles every moment of their lives but she certainly seems to be one of them.

Thank you Kelly for all you do!  You inspire me!
Peace!
DMM

9 Months waiting!

It is funny to think about how it also took this amount of time for us to have the twins.  It took a year to get pregnant (1 year of paperwork and decision making) then 9 months of pregnancy (nine months on the waiting list).  I only wish we had reached the end of this road but no end in sight!
I remember dreaming about the twins all of the time and feeling like the time was going so slowly.  This time I pray all of the time and daydream about her but feel like time is going so fast.  I want so badly to stop the clock so that my children aren't any older when she comes.  I don't know why this is so important to me but it is.  We are feeling stronger about the wait knowing that only good has come from the time we have had so far.  We are bound and determined to see it through to bringing our daughter home!

Have a great Day!
DMM