I have my referral! MMW

I have not blogged in a while now. The waiting has been long and I have not wanted to repeat the same "hurry up" post over & over!

All of this waiting has paid off. Magdalena Maclain Rediet Wells is beautiful and with all of the luck and prayers in the world, she will become my daughter in 3-4 months! My referral came on Monday at 12:20 PM while I was sitting at my desk at work. I could barely speak I was so in shock and happy. I had to call them back after composing myself, though I cried during the entire conversation! Aster told me she has a baby girl referral for me. She was abandoned behind a bank and that they thought she was about 21 days old when they found her on Nov 7 08. She currently lives in the Awassa Children's Home in Awassa, Ethiopia. The orphanage named her Rediet (pronounced Redeet), which means "Blessings". She is a true blessing...my Christmas Blessing. The first photo I saw of her came with the very incomplete medical report. She has the cutest little button nose, big beautiful & sparkly brown eyes and a
precious little mouth. Seeing her picture made my heart smile and my eyes cry. True tears of joy! The medical report has the word "Unknown" throughout it. Parents...unknown. Siblings...unknown. The funniest part is language skills... "Not Yet"!

Someone loved her enough to realize they could not take care of her. They left her somewhere she could be found and she was. The local police took her to the children's home. God was watching over her the entire time. I believe he knew this was my daughter. I believe he made this possible for me and Maggie.


I love her. I love her so much it hurts. Now I need to figure out how to get through the next few months waiting for the court date while she is in an orphanage. I know she is being cared for. I trust they are kind to her. I just want her home with me, in my arms.