Saturday, April 5, 2014

So what's the hold up?

As mentioned in the last blog, there has been a major slow down in Ethiopian adoptions in the past months. We have been assured that the issues are very close to being resolved. In fact, they gave 3 referrals in March so we moved up 3 spots on the wait list on April 1st!!! The major issue yet to be resolved is which local governmental office will sign the paper that officially states that a child is indeed an orphan and that there are absolutely no in-counrty options for this child to be cared for. At this point the child can be referred to a family such as ours for adoption. Both offices feel that this is the responsibility of the other office and so here is our hold up. The orphanages and adoption agencies in Ethiopia have been pressing the government to come to a solution for this as the orphanages are getting too full with no adoptions going through. Thus, a meeting is set for tomorrow to hopefully resolve the issue.

Please pray with us that the meeting tomorrow is successful. Meaning that whatever is best for these children will be established as the best procedure so that those who truely need a home will be placed with their forever familys soon.

In other baby news, I am now almost 12 weeks along with the child within. :) We heard the heart beat for the first time yesterday! We are all healthy and doing well!

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