Misc.

Blogger worked for once... here are the pictures I mentioned the other day.

A couple days ago, I got a "comment" on my blog from a woman named Kim... she is also with ASIA and has a referral date of June 1st (we're June 15th) and she is still waiting for travel. I was a bit bummed out to read that, but there is no reason why we couldn't get our calls on the same day!!! :)~ Kim, if you can e-mail me at mommy2arie@yahoo.com I would LOVE to chat with you!!!

I worked all weekend at the hospital (I'm a labor and delivery nurse). We had a very interesting weekend. Today there was a situation where ethics came into play... at least they almost did. I was going to have to decide between fighting for the beliefs of my patient, or just going with the grain. Totally torn... I prayed. Now, I'm religious, but it's not like me to just pray at work when I get frustrated... I have never done it before. But, this was a life and death situation, and I felt torn. Anyway, I prayed, and God must have had his ears WIDE OPEN because as soon as I walked back out to the nurses station we found out that the patient for whom I was praying for had just delivered at another hospital and mama and baby were doing alright. It's a long story, and because of confidentiality I can't post about it on the internet... but let me just tell you that God truly is amazing and answered my prayer RIGHT AWAY! I was humbled... and that baby's life was saved.

Also, Just thought I would share our timeline with anyone who is interested:
12/9/05 Intake interview with ASIA
1/06 Formal application submitted
2/06 - 4/06 Home study
4/20/06 Offically on "Waiting for Referral" list with ASIA
6/15/06 Referral of Arie!
6/26/06 Acceptance papers sent to ASIA
6/30/06 Acceptance papers sent to Korea
7/4/06 Acceptance papers recieved in Korea at ESWS
7/7/06 Recieved "legals", sent in I-600 application to USCIS
7/13/06 Recieved I-600 approval (171) in mail
as of 8/25/06... still waiting for our travel call to go get our son!