Jordan and I were wondering why more companies didn't work with Costa Rica. Lifeline explained that most places are Hague accredited, and Costa Rica just became Hague accredited. Most adoption agencies only work with Countries that choose to be Hague accredited. This helps protect children while being adopted. We are only the third couple adopting from Costa Rica through lifeline since they became Hague accredited.
Lifeline has also told us that we will need to stay in Costa Rica for two months when we go to get our child. We are bring Mark and Kyra so that they can see where their father and brother or sister came from. We are really hoping that this two month trip doesn't happen right during apple harvest. Although we would like to get our child as soon as possible. It is very hard to be patient in the waiting process.
We aren't sure what age of a child we will be bring home at this point. We will not receive any referrals until all of our paper work gets to Costa Rica. What Lifeline has been told is that the majority of internationally adopted children are 5 to 7 years of age. Costa Rica tries to make sure that parents and relatives do not come for the child. That waiting time is about two years. They also try to have the child adopted in Costa Rica before allowing them to be adopted internationally, since Jordan was originally from Costa Rica we may be able to adopt a child without them having to wait for someone living in Costa Rica. We really do not know what will happen because Jordan is from Costa Rica, and Lifeline has no way of know what Costa Rica will choose to do. This is a very new program and we have to be willing to work through anything that comes up.
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