waiting to hear

So, today I was hoping to get a decision from the agency about our application. I couldn't stand it anymore so I emailed over. I was told that the person I wanted to be assigned our case was, (yippee) but that everything was going to have to be sent to Korea for pre-screening. So, we wait, I am praying that it does not take long to hear back. I would like to get started on our home study!!!

Application

So, after much consideration on which agency to use and how soon to get started, we did it, we sent our Application over to our agency on Thurs. We had everything except a letter from the Dr. that we needed. I overnighted the paperwork Wed., hoping to be included in their weekly review on Thurs. but it was too late. I found out that it was actually ok that it arrived when it did as they would not start reviewing it without ALL the paperwork. I finally got the Dr.'s letter I needed on Fri and faxed it over. i have to send the originals out on Tues. but at least now they can start their review. If there is no need for a pre-approval from Korea, we should have an answer by the end of next week or early the following week. If they need to get a pre-approval from Korea, it could take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months depending on what is going on in Korea at the time. We are crossing our fingers that we don't need the pre-approval, but we will be OK with waiting a little longer if they do need it. Everything happens for a reason, so if we have to wait, then we wait.

The Decision

Rob and I (Heather), are currently logged in China for a little girl. The wait seems to be very long at the moment and we do not see it getting shorter any time soon. We started to weigh our options once again, do we want to wait 4 years to be parents for the first time? After much discussion and research, we came to a decision. We decided we wanted to start a family earlier than later and have been led to Korea. Rob and I thought that an Asian country would be best since our daughter would be from China. Korea seemed to be the best fit, less wait time, we can keep our paperwork in China and we are open to a little boy. So, the decision was made, we are staring our new journey to Korea.