FINALLY some good news

Honestly, I've been down about the whole adoption thing. We have been on the wait list for 11 months. That isn't counting all of the months we spent getting paperwork ready, but just the actual wait list time. It is so frustrating when there is such a need. Plenty of good news with people from our agency passing court and getting their Embassy appointments to bring their kiddos home. ;) Still, the referrals have been so slow! It seems like there might be one and then it is weeks before another. Soon our orphanage will be empty and I'm not joking about that. My opinion is that things are slower in the referral world b/c our orphanage wants all of their ducks in a row before they match a child up especially when the courts are requiring so much more paperwork.

Today was filled with good news. The biggest news was that there were a few referrals. :) Also, we heard from our agency. Back in March, MOWA was going to only process 5 court appointments a day. We really didn't see this so much. However, it seems to be that our agency was getting processed through a bit faster b/c they have such a good reputation. Well, today we got OFFICIAL word that MOWA will be processing 10 cases a day! :) Woo-hoo!!! Let's get this process going already. ;)

It is nice to finally have some good news. Hopefully we are going to have referrals flying out left and right. We can only hope.

Ethiopia Special Update: June 22, 2011

Update on MOWA Case Processing Dear families, We wanted to share with you all some positive news that we received today from our staff in Ethiopia! Our staff have shared with us that the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) office has indicated that they are currently processing 10 cases per day. Of course, this is great news for us all to hear! Now, we may see that this change does take some time to go into full effect, however we wanted to share this great news with you today. Another piece of great news is that we have received word today that one of our pending court cases was approved today after their official approval letter was issued by MOWA. We are excited to be celebrating  this amazing news with the family and hope that you will join us in celebrating the continued movement of our cases and more importantly looking forward to welcoming home more children with their forever families soon! Although we know there are still many unknowns surrounding what the processing of adoptions will look like in the future, and timelines specifically, we are excited to hear about these positive developments! It is our prayer that we’ll continue to see improvement in the coming weeks to months as all parties involved refine and implement the best procedures moving forward for the kids we serve. We will continue  to closely monitor each of our cases as they move through the court process and will keep all of you updated on any new information. In the meantime though we hope this adds a little joy to your Wednesday!