Matching in the Absence of Swine Flu and Electricity

The chatter has definitely increased regarding placement, but I keep feeling that it’s only real once I see some true movement. Our agency hasn’t released anything ‘official’ but what I am hearing online and through our forum group is that matching has begun. Apparently a few files have been matched, according to my fellow members of NepalAdopt on Yahoo, and these will be the first since the program closed in May 2007. If this is true (and we have yet to hear from those families), the families probably have their child's file, medical records and activity records (if available). They are consulting pediatricians regarding the health report and reporting back to their agency their acceptance of the match. Apparently the referral will then go back to the Family Matching Committee (FMC), who will then send it to the Legal Review Committee, who will then send it back down to the FMC who will then provide travel guidelines. Truthfully, no one knows the timeframe between referral to travel. Some say it is three weeks. Others say four months. I guess we will know once we know. That seems to be the attitude to take here. I feel fortunate to be able to have this experience and I am a firm believer that timing is everything. It will all happen exactly when it is supposed to happen. And not a second sooner.

Hey, on the bright side… there are no reported cases of Swine Flu in Nepal and there is power at least four hours a day.

It's quite simply all about your perspective.