Final Meeting before Referrals

We had our last meeting yesterday with the group we travel to China with. Our facilitor brought in a young woman who was adopted at the age of 11 and is now 20 years old. I have to say that this was the most inspiring meeting we've been to yet! It was fascinating to hear her stories of the orphanage she lived in, what life was like for her growing up there and what a transition it was moving to Canada. She said that her first family is her orphanage family and that the children in her orphanage were told that "you were abandoned, but that is the past, don't look back", she doesn't know how she'll feel later in life but right now she is extremely content with the way her life is and loves her Mom and Dad more than she thought possible. She even thanked us for choosing to adopt a child from China, can you imagine! All this time we think about what our child will bring to our life and our families lives not what we'd bring to her life, so it was really interesting to hear her point of view.
So that was our final meeting with the group until we get our referral, which I hope is soon! There are some rumors going around that more referrals will be out in the next week or two, I hope so much they include all of the files from June and maybe even some from July, though I know that's wishful thinking...just hurry it up and get to August 25th pretty please!!!!