[615bride]

We are early in the process but I want to start thinking about this now. The agency with whom we are working works with "a small orphanage in Guatemala City" (their description). If we want to be specific about only accepting a foster referral (or vice versa) we can, otherwise, whatever comes up and matches our desire (either gender as young as possible) is what we'll be offered. I know *nothing* about orphanages in Guatemala because I assumed our child would be in foster care. I've Googled and been on Guatadopt.com but still haven't seen much. What would be some of the not so obvious differences between a referral from foster care or from an orphanage? Does anyone have opinions on this that I can use to make my decision (or not make a decision and let whatever happens happen)?

Thanks so much!