Sunday, October 2, 2011

Waiting and waiting...

So our dossier has been in Honduras for a long while now. Gladney did ask all families for an addendum on our psychological report. Shortly after sending that to Gladney, we got some confusing news. Several important people at INHFA were dismissed. They are now "re-structuring". Some say this is a good thing, some say it is not and will delay adoptions indefinitely. What we do know, is that the adoption department in Honduras is approving dossiers, but there is no one to sign off on them, so that families can get on the wait list. Our dossier should be presented at anytime now, but once it's approved we will not be able to move forward until they hire the new person for this post.
It feels a lot like what happened with our Ethiopia experience. Once all the paperwork was done, we got the bad news that Ethiopia was practically coming to a halt with international adoption. The timing stinks.
I'm hoping that the Honduran government will quickly fill this position with a competent person who really cares about this children, so that adoptions can start up again.
It's been a year since we started this process. I am trying so hard to be patient. Everyday my daughter asks me when the baby's coming. Especially recently, since my brother's daughter was born last week.
It seems like it's taking forever. I'm trying to remember what a wise adoptive mother and friend told me when we were adopting our daughter and our dossier was sent to the Chinese consulate instead of the Vietnamese Consulate by the courier. She said that my baby was not ready yet. All of this government and political stuff is out of my hands. I cannot control this.
God, please help me to be patient.

1 comment:

  1. Don't worry, my sister is in honduras right now to search is three kids and is lawyer said to her, it's not the first time that the hondurian governement make restructuration... it's littlebit longer for my sister to have all the paper he needs, but nobody talk to stop the adoption in honduras

    If you wan't to follow her it's there: www.ticabeaudoin.blogspot.com

    Good luck!
    melissa

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