Adopting again has been on my heart for a very long time. When Guatemala's adoption program shut down at the end of 2007, Mario was 2 1/2 and Erik was 1 1/2. We knew the program was going to close a few months before it actually did, but we were nowhere near ready at that point. We hoped that in a year or so, adoptions in Guatemala would reopen, and we also hoped that when it reopened, we would be able to get started again right away. Trouble is, time kept passing with no signs that Guatemala would reopen again.
I kept feeling that God was telling me that He wanted us to adopt again, but I just had my eyes open to Guatemala. I wanted all of our kids to share their country of origin. I'd scour every piece of news about adoption in that country, but nothing led me to believe that there was any serious hope that it would reopen anytime soon.
Then one day, it hit me: would the boys rather have another sibling that was born in a different country than they were, or no more siblings at all? Well that was a no brainer! Of course they would want another sibling!!! I thought about other Latin American countries. Colombia? Mexico? The particulars wouldn't work for our situation. Honduras? I searched around and learned that Dillon was soon to open an adoption program in Honduras, partnering with Buckner. I have known zillions of families that have adopted using Dillon, and the agency comes highly recommended. I also loved the fact that they had heritage camps every year, heritage trips to birth countries, and many activities during the year for families to get together. I made a call, got more information, talked about it with Jerry, prayed, prayed, and prayed.
We decided to proceed!!! I was so excited to request the application (Part 1) from Dillon, and got started on it right away. We just submitted it. Here we go again!