So to give you an idea of how it works from a match standpoint, I'm here to give you a snapshot of what goes into it. I've had a good amount of people saying "you could just get a phone call and a baby could be ready at any point, right?" While I'm sure some can move that quickly, we would (hopefully) have a few days notice... or so I'm told. Because we are working with a consultant it may look different than your normal agency process that people are more familiar with. Mustard Seed Adoption Consultants work with 35-ish agencies, that when a Momma starts to make an Adoption plan for her baby we are notified through e-mail. In this e-mail we get all the details related to her situation i.e. babies due date, gender, race, what state she lives in, expected costs associated with this case etc. We then choose if we want that agency to show that momma our family through our profile book and a handwritten letter to her. She will go through all those families that are presented to her and decide if there is a family that she feels is the right one for her baby. So it is almost a double yes, the family says yes to that case and the momma says yes to that family. Therefore, we would have to present to a case to "get the call" so to speak. Maybe she initiates this process at 10 weeks pregnant and maybe she starts at 37 weeks pregnant. There are so many variations of how this could play out it is so hard to prepare or know what to expect until we present and have a mini time-table should we be picked. (Needless to say I am now checking my e-mail about 20 times a day, waiting for those cases to come through.)
Hopefully that helps put it into perspective a little, about how we will get chosen and how soon it could happen. There are still a lot unknowns associated with this whole process and we still have so much to learn. Thankfully Mustard Seed has been phenomenal in walking us through and preparing us the best they can for what is to come.
Prayer Requests:
-please pray for the momma, the situation she is in and the heartache that she must feel to make this choice
-pray that we have enough heads-up to gather finances, plan travel and get things together before chaos follows
-pray for the babe, that he/she feels safe, loved and grows healthy
The Regula's
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