Ninepence: the story of our journey to our daughters: The wait and the math

Monday, June 22, 2009

The wait and the math

OK, so we've been logged in for 27 months as of the 28th of this month. When we logged in all those months ago, people were receiving their referrals (when they match you with a child for those of you unfamiliar with the term) at 18 months. Back in December, with the help of my older sister and my dad (the math wizzes of the family) we figured that the wait time has increased by 75% since our LID (log in date) based on the current referral times at the time (right now they are at 38 months I believe). If we can assume that the wait times will remain at that percentage of growth, and that they don't increase (God forbid) then we can assume that would put our referral date somewhere around January of 2011. That could make sense because it would mean our total waiting time would be around 4 years and 3 months, or 51 months. Right now people are waiting just over 3 years for their referrals.

So IF (if, if, if, if, if) that is the case then we have just (ha!) one and a half more years to go!

I'd love feedback on this from anyone better at math than me! :)

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The story of Ninepence

When I was a very young girl I saw a movie called, "The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness". It was a movie that I never forgot, loosely based on the life of Gladys Aylward, a missionary living in China during the 1930's.

During her time in China, she came upon a woman begging by the side of the road. With her was a 5 year old girl, covered with sores and very malnourished. She determined that the woman was not the mother of the child, but that she had kidnapped her in order to aid in her begging. So she bought the girl for ninepence, and hence called her "Ninepence". A year later, Ninepence showed up with an abandoned boy in tow, saying, "I will eat less so he can have something." Thus Gladys adopted a second orphan, "Less". (In the movie the child is a baby and Gladys calls her, Sixpence).

When the Japanese invaded China, Gladys took 100 orphans into the mountains to escape. They walked for 12 days before arriving at the Yellow River, with no way to cross. "Why don't we cross?" the children asked. "There are no boats." They said, "God can do anything. Ask Him to get us across.". They all knelt and prayed. Then they sang. Their singing was heard by a Chinese officer and patrol who found them a boat and got them across the river safely.

Gladys continued her mission to help the people and orphans of China, until her death in 1970.