Well, we are over six months in our wait now for our referral. Today we got notice that the Ethiopian Embassy has changed their policy in the court date for the adoptions. Read what our agency said (the short version):"Our in-country staff were notified today by the Federal courts in Ethiopia that a new policy has been implemented, effective today, requiring all adoptive parents to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for their court dates before their adoption can be finalized in court. This policy will now require families to travel to Ethiopia twice during their adoption process (once for adoptive parent to appear in court and once for them to pick their children and bring them to the US)."
So, that means we need to raise even more money so we can travel twice. We were hoping to bring Sophia and Silas with us on the trip. We hope to still do that, but we don't know which trip they would go on. Probably the second one. And that is if we can raise all that money. If anyone has international sky miles they want to donate, that would be a great blessing. The Penny Jar Project will have to collect a lot more pennies!!!
Other than that, our wait has gone smooth. Last week I thought I got "the call"! I have the Gladney number saved on my phone as "the call from Natalie". My phone rang and that came up. My heart sank! I had a quick moment of "THIS IS IT!" And then quickly realized it was our caseworker returning one of my phone calls from earlier. Then my heart sank again in a disappointed way. Oh well, God knows the perfect time!
I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the news of today's e-mail. I'm bummed on the one hand that we would have to travel twice, but jazzed on the other hand that we'll get to meet our little one(s) several weeks sooner than we would have otherwise. Still, it will be hard to go home after meeting them the first time.
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