Maria is doing great!

We contacted our agency rep today to see how Maria is doing. It feels like an eternity since we have had any contact with her. The agency emailed back saying that they had spoken to our attorney who runs the hogar (the orphanage where Maria is living). She said she is doing great! She loves going to school, she talks about us all the time and keeps her picture book near her at night so that she can look through it before she goes to bed. The other good news is that most of the older children have been placed with waiting families so they all talk amongst themselves about their families and I guess how it will be. This little bit of information makes us able to keep hanging on. We are so fortunate that she is an innately happy child in a good environment. More good news is that we are seeing "outs" (out of PGN that is) on the listserv every day. So that is it for today!! I will try and attatch some more pictures of the ones we received in February! Thanks for checking on us! Janet