We got some news about our delays

I spoke with the adoption agency this morning and here's the story. They did have a child matched with us in Rostov-on-Don and they were waiting for him/her to come off the domestic adoption list (every child in Russia has to be availabe domestically for 8 months before an international adoption). That's why they felt so sure to give us the date. But when this child came off the list, the person who gave out Travel Visas was out sick for 2 weeks. During that time, a Russian couple met this child and started paperwork to adopt him/her. So when the Travel Visa contact came back to work, they could no longer issue a Visa to us because the child was no longer available for international adoption.

We are told there are already children available in Bryansk for international adoption so that is why we were moved to that region. We should get info very, very soon about this. Maybe tomorrow and we might even find out if it's a girl or boy before we leave. So, I feel much better. First, that child in Rostov-on-Don was adopted by a family AND gets to stay in their birth country. How could I be upset about that? That is a wonderful thing. And second, how can I argue with fate? Obviously, that person was meant to be sick for 2 weeks so that child ended up with the Russian family. Now Michael and I will be able to adopt another child in Bryansk, possibly a child that may not have found a family otherwise. I am feeling at peace today that this was what was meant to be.