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Update on Taiwan Program

What a week it has been with Taiwan adoptions. We finally received an email from our agency today about what is going on with Taiwan. As it stands, it is looking like our family is safe from getting rejected by Taiwan... atleast for now. The Taiwan foundation changed 2 specific rules that Families can request a non-special needs child if the total number of children that a family has does not exceed 3. They also stated that there should not be any criminal history for either parents. Our agency is going to be calling us to let us know how or if this affects us, but from what it sounds like, we can still stay in the program! I knew that no matter what, God will work things out... whether it was that He would give us a wonderful older child, special needs child, or a non-special needs infant. But, this news really makes me happy to know that we don't have to make any hard decisions anytime soon and hopefully, things will be smooth from here on out... (Is that possible with international adoption?? maybe... maybe not.)

Our agency made it clear that anywhere during this process (even after referral), there is a chance that a family can get rejected so we need to be prepared. I am glad that they are telling us this now because it helps me to prepare my heart. It is not going to be over until we have Anna in our arms and we are in our home!!

Anyways, just wanted to share that good news!

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