The latest from Ethiopia is the requirement for 2 trips to Ethiopia. As you can imagine that was a blow to a lot of families. Financially most families are having a tough time with the added cost of this adoption ( pulling Imagine out of bankruptcy). To have this added on top of everything else will be hard. It was not welcome news in our household. The added $4,000 is going to be tough but God will see us through. We will need to meet with our child before their court date. The reason for this is that there has been a history of adoptive parents not wanting their children when they come to take them home. These children are then left in limbo because in ethiopia once a child is adopted it is final. It is a very sad thing for these kids to be abandoned once again. I'm not sure what the reason is for these adoptive parents to do this. Possibly they had been given wrong info on their child and only found out when they were in ethiopia picking them up.
On a postive side there were 7 referals in March. That brings our family to the 68th spot on the list. It's a slow go but at least we keep moving up. Hopefully we will know who our daughter is before the year is over.
2 comments:
I have just discovered your blog, and I have enjoyed reading it. I look forward to reading more and learning more about your beautiful family that God has blessed you with and about your adoption journey. This is the day (April 7) that we recieved our referral for a baby girl! It's amazing when that phone rings! May God give you much patience during this waiting time.
anna
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