A year ago today, on a Sunday evening at about 9pm the phone rang. The caller ID said "private number", which could only mean our agency coordinator in California. X is wonderful and always working for her families.....even on the weekends. Of course the nerves immediately kicked in as I answered the phone. She told us she had a file she wanted us to review. This little girl's special need was not on our list, but she thought we might be interested. Although this little girl was over 2-1/2, the information in her file was more than 2 years old. Reviewing files is very difficult. We would see these beautiful, special children, but often their needs were more than we felt we could handle. It is VERY difficult to say no. We had already said no to a couple of files, and I dreaded the thought of having to do it again, but we knew our child was out there. Just 2 weeks prior we had seen a file of a little girl with old information in her file, and she ended up having an undisclosed special need we were not comfortable with. I was just praying that this was not going to be the same type of situation. Ruben didn't even look at the file right away. He was to afraid of making a connection with a child, and then having to say no. Fortunately, our agency coordinator had dealt with this orphanage before and she was able to call that night and get us an update. It appears that this little girl's file had been written when she was 5 months old, and then because of some computer changes, was set aside and forgotten. It was discovered in December of '09, and entered into the system where our coordinator, who is always reviewing the list, found her! After hearing that there were no surprises in her file, we just knew she was going to be ours. We still were going to have her file reviewed by a doctor the next day, and the orphanage promised to send updated photos, but..........we knew!
As sad as it makes me feel to know that she had to wait longer to find a family, if there wasn't a computer issue, she would not be our daughter. We know God's hand was in the discovery of her lost file and the timing of her file being published. We're so humbled to see him working in our lives.
The first picture we saw of Yu Feng taken when she was 5 months old
As promised, the next day we received updated pictures of our little girl. She looked scared and oh so adorable.
On Tuesday, 12/15 we sent our LOI (Letter of Intent) to adopt our daughter Lily Sara YuFeng.
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