Well, if you read my last blog one of the last things I said was to check back in a week. Yesterday I was informed that I had not updated the blog and was causing suspense. So, today I will give you an update -sort of. My update has no conclusion so that was the reason for my hesitation to post. But here it goes.....
In the previous posting you will read that we were given the exiciting news (on Jan. 22) that coordinators had traveled to KZ with the purpose of expiditing our paperwork. We were to hear back around the first of Feb. as the the success of their trip. We were hopeful that if an invitation to travel had not been obtained with their trip it would be coming shortly. Six days later, Jan, 28 our case manager called. She did not beat around the bush and told us directly that the trip was NOT successful, but that was not the worst of the news. Due to mounting difficulties and government policies they could not work with CWA (our agency) had made the difficult decission to stop the KZ adoption program - effective immediatly! So, instead of hearing we'd gotten an invitation, we were told the program had been stopped! That weekend was a very difficult weekend to say the least. It was very discouraging and we had alot to process. CWA gave us 3 different options, 1 we could continue, understanding we would probably be dealing with some unethical bureaucracy, and might not even be given an invitation to travel before our paperwork expired 2 - we could pull out immediatly or 3 - we could switch to a different country. That weekend we sought council from a few close friends & parents, but mostly kept the news to ourselves for the time being.
By Monday we had decided that we would switch to a different country. We requested a phone conferance with our case manager. That evening she gave us a call. Before we could tell her our decission she asked us to wait for the time being, giving her and the agency a few days to work. There had been new developments over the weekend. Apperantly CWA has been in contact with a 2nd adoption agency who also works in KZ. This 2nd agency has been able to escape the bureaucracy that CWA was thrown into. No one can figure out how they've managed to stay away from it, but they have. But because of that, this 2nd agency has agreed to take over our case and see if they can get us to KZ to finalize the adoption on their good standings. As I said at the beginning of this post, there is no conclusion - and that is the truth. The last time we heard anything things were being worked out in KZ with the attorney's for this 2nd agency. They were suppose to have a meeting this past Monday, but as of this post we have not heard anything. We know they are trying to get us umbrella-ed with this 2nd agency, but at present we do not know of the progress or if it is even possible. We are very much in a "wait and see" mood. The unknow and suspense can be very wearing!
I apologize for the tardiness of my update, but maybe now you can understand why I held off. I had bad news, then a crazy twist but no conclusion. Please pray for us when the Lord brings you to mind! I will try to do better about posting any news we hear - even if it is bad......
Until Next time......God is still in control!!!
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