Y Would He Say 'No'? (part 3)

After Ohio, we decided to go all in with the adoption.  We started the process with the home study, paperwork, more paperwork, and more paperwork.  Lisa said adoption is “Birth by paperwork!”
We contacted the person in charge of the orphanage.  She was thrilled that we wanted to adopt Y and Z, but she had a major concern.  She thought Y would say, “No!”  It never crossed our mind that a child would not want to be adopted.  So, we decided to write Y and Z letters, telling them about our family and our intention of adopting them.  The woman in charge of the orphanage advised us not to tell Z until Y made his decision.  She was concerned that if Y said no, then Z would be mad at him for a long time.  She was very confident that Z would say, “Yes.”

We wrote our letters to both of the kids, but only Y was given his letter to read.  Lisa and I even got to speak to Y on Skype to introduce us to him.  Our Skype conversation with Y took place on July 31.  Y told us that he would think about it.  It was not a No or a Yes.

So, we completed more paperwork in the meantime.  We just prayed and waited, and I wrote Y eight letters telling him more about our family.  Y took about a month to ponder life in our family and America.  We were worried.  We did not know what to do.

We just kept asking ourselves, “Why would he say No?”

-Joey