Monday, February 07, 2005
A perfect match
Everything is now in the hands of a stranger. All of this work, waiting, costs, anticipation, anxiety, and it all comes down to a total stranger on the other side of the world choosing the right child for us. Someone who works for the CCAA will soon (or, perhaps, has done so already) match us with our baby. But just how does the CCAA try to match children with families? I found the following story on a website today and thought I would share:
In an FCC meeting this past month the former director of the CCAA spoke through a translator. She said that they do indeed use family pictures to match referrals with families. They also pay
attention to birthdays, etc. and sometimes match those things. She said they also sometimes just get a gut feeling, paying attention to those little hunches. She said "you can sometimes tell something by looking in the eye, even when people are of different ethnicity." She also said that they do try to pay attention to people's requests for a certain sex, age, and even province of birth. She said that if you put a preference for personality type down, and they get that personality type info from the orphanage on the children, then they pay attention to that, too.
We didn't request a specific personality, but maybe the person making the match will read our homestudy and learn that Brett likes to camp, take pictures and brew beer! And that I like to spend time reading and cooking! Maybe that person will look at the pictures we sent (six total) of the two of us on vacation, at home, on Christmas, and by looking into our eyes, choose the perfect match for us!!!
In an FCC meeting this past month the former director of the CCAA spoke through a translator. She said that they do indeed use family pictures to match referrals with families. They also pay
attention to birthdays, etc. and sometimes match those things. She said they also sometimes just get a gut feeling, paying attention to those little hunches. She said "you can sometimes tell something by looking in the eye, even when people are of different ethnicity." She also said that they do try to pay attention to people's requests for a certain sex, age, and even province of birth. She said that if you put a preference for personality type down, and they get that personality type info from the orphanage on the children, then they pay attention to that, too.
We didn't request a specific personality, but maybe the person making the match will read our homestudy and learn that Brett likes to camp, take pictures and brew beer! And that I like to spend time reading and cooking! Maybe that person will look at the pictures we sent (six total) of the two of us on vacation, at home, on Christmas, and by looking into our eyes, choose the perfect match for us!!!
# posted by JDonnals : 8:15 PM
