Changes

We had a couple of new things go on here in regards to our adoption journey. We were notified by cw last Thursday that he was no longer going to be working at the agency. Though I don't fully know, I imagine working in a social work field does take a lot out of you and demands many more hours than a normal full time job. I can understand the need for change. What I did not fully understand was finding out 2 days before he was no longer going to be there. This is the same cw that worked with us when we adopted Factors, so we have had a relationship with him for essentially 4 years. FOUR YEARS! We got 2 days notice. Since his departure, we now have a new caseworker. I will be referring to him as ncw.

Hopefully this summer will be an eventful one in regards to adoption, but I'm not holding my breath. I know it is going to be an eventful one as a family as we have many things planned for the summer, including maintaining a vegetable garden, strawberry picking, two nights of camping with friends, and much more.

Side note: Factors was near tears the other day when we dropped off more profiles at the agency. I was trying to explain to him that we weren't going to see cw there, but ncw, instead. (We have spent many evenings praying for cw and a new baby brother or baby sister for Factors.) In my efforts to explain the departure of cw and the replacement by ncw, Factors somehow got it into his head that we were going to see his new baby brother or baby sister (don't think I didn't try to tell him otherwise!). We were not able to meet ncw at that time, so Factors asked the receptionist if she had his baby brother or sister. When she responded negatively, he was saying things like, "but I wanted to hold my baby" and "I wanted to take my baby brother or baby sister for a walk." **insert sad eyes** What do you say to that? So, apparently a year of waiting for his new baby brother or baby sister has become more difficult for him to understand.

All this to say, friends, family, please continue to pray for all three of us and our journey.