My wife and I went to the local Guatemalan adoption picnic today. Just a group of people in the area who get together who have all shared the experience of adopting from Guatemala, and a chance for the kids to be around families just like theirs. It was nice. There were about 130 people there and we talked to several nice people. Not too many took the opportunity to approach us since they were all busy playing games with their kids, but I tried to spark up a couple of conversations and it paid off.

It was nice to see so many success stories since we’ve been feeling bleak lately, so my hopes are back up, and my patience has been restored. Next year, we’ll be busy with our daughter, but I’ll make sure I take time to welcome any couples who are still waiting so they feel more at home than we did.

My wife posted some of pictures we took at the event.