Fears

It’s been awhile since I checked in here, mostly because I have no adoption news. The wait has been fine so far – although every now and then I get a wave of anxiety over it. I’m mostly keeping busy, and that should help the next year or so go by quicker.

Last weekend I left Keith and Koen for 3 days to go to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado to learn coaching techniques for synchronized swimming. The club I coach for sent me, and I had a good time learning so much. I wish I had more time to devote to coaching. I did have a hard time being away from my guys that long though. Keith said that Koen was clingy and whiny some of the time, but if he kept him busy, or out of the house it was better. Koen also got to spend some good time with his Grammi while I was gone.

Koen enjoying a motorcycle ride
In about 3 weeks Keith is going to a large country in Asia (not Vietnam) for 10 days. I’m finding I have quite a bit of anxiety over him being gone that long. I think the most we’ve been apart since getting married is 3-4 days, and I don’t like being a single mom. I get enough of a taste of not having his help during the days! Please pray that God would provide the finances we need for Keith’s trip, and that He would give me peace over it all. Thanks.

As I’ve been following some blogs lately, I have learned of some adoption issues out of two provinces in Vietnam. Our agency is not involved in these provinces, but I have learned that a few agencies out of these provinces are being reviewed for possible unethical adoptions. There are higher rates of children being given up for adoption there, implying that someone may be paying the Vietnamese birth families to give up their children, and adoptions are moving along very, very quickly – about 1/4th the time as elsewhere. Vietnam has temporarily closed these provinces the get it cleaned up. Even though we have no relation to these agencies or provinces, every adoption in Vietnam affects ours, and the fear is that Vietnam may have to close or slow down adoptions as a whole. This is probably not likely, but it is still a fear. I’m not real educated on what’s happening, and I don’t want to perpetuate rumors, but I must admit that the rumors are raising my fear level.

Keep praying for baby Sinh – I have no new info on her.

Thanks and God bless.