What to do?

I have to say I am honestly ready to give up.  I really respect people that have a lot of faith as I don't really feel like anybody is on my side!  I still have one avenue to investigate and have been kind of derailed by a three week work committment that pretty much made phone contact with Eastern Canada during office hours impossible.   I am at my parents' place this week and home next week so I will look at the other country and talk to F.  

I knew my country didn't have a matching system and that a trip was required to visit the orphanages.  You've all patiently followed along on that trip and hoped and prayed for the best.  It turns out that  I am not the only family or applicant to have lost a child in the application process and I am now trying to decide whether to make a second, quick trip before school begins.  I would only go if I knew for sure there was a one or more little girls available and would have to go alone.  YIKES!  I would try and make it an "in and out" trip, visit the child, put in the application, get the medical for me and come out.  I certainly wouldn't spend days visiting places like I did before.  But as there seems to be so few children available I am not holding my breath. 

It cost me more to mail both packages than you could have imagined.  Air mail was 2-3 weeks, surface mail 4-6 weeks.  Please tell me how it takes 3 weeks to send something by plane to a nation's capital!  We aren't talking about 'deepest, darkest Peru" (gotta know about that - Paddington Bear).

So for now my mind is being taken off things by the Olympics.  Oh, by the way the TV did not mention my potential future child's country, the one I visitied, even though the country has three athletes in London.  I feel this is a slap in the face to all the country's Canadians in and around Toronto.   I did email the channel providing the commentary but haven't heard a thing.  I so hope one of these athletes medals and then there could be an outcry, albeit a small one.  I love how it was reported that somebody in New Zealand said the medal count should be reported, by population.  Apparently that would put Grenada at the top!   I have also heard it said the medal count should be done by GDP, with the European countries part of the EU, put together!  Not going to happen I know, but it would be nice if once in a while the TV reported the medals in a different way to show us all a different ranking and perspective on things.  Still on an Olympic note, I have to say I am so proud of Bolt and Blake. Go Jamaica go for the men's 200 m final!   It is so refreshing to see another country, especially a small one, win gold!