Tegu blocks

I came across a business named "Tegu".  For people who do not know, "Tegu" is the nickname for Honduras' capitol city, Tegucigalpa.  You can see why it needs a nickname! (I have also seen "Tegus and Teguc). Tegu creates toy building blocks that are magnetic, which are created from hardwood in Honduras.  It seems like a great company...they are "a toy business founded to address unemployment, neglected natural and human resources, and the need for entrepreneurship in Honduras."  They are made in Honduras and employs Hondurans to create these blocks, thus giving jobs to those who would most likely not have one.  So basically, if you buy a set of their blocks you are giving money to Honduras.

An awesome thing that Tegu does is sell "days of school" so kids can go to school, as well as sell "trees" which gives money so that Tegu can plant new trees in areas of Honduras where forest has been clear-cutted.  You can purchase 12 dozen trees for $20 and one month of school for $60.  The block sets are fairly pricey but when you stop and think about what its for I think it's worth it.

I have not purchased any yet, but will be doing so for Christmas gifts.  Even if people do not purchase anything from Tegu, I urge you to pass along the company's website to others.  Here it is: Tegu blocks.  They also have a Facebook page: TeguToys.

As far as we are concerned, I am expecting to receive an email from Beth sometime this week saying that our dossier is being presented to IHNFA.  Our new psych eval was delivered to Gladney today so hopefully that will be on its way to Honduras very soon for translation, authentication and finally at IHNFA. Cross your fingers that they won't request anything additional and we can just fly through IHNFA!

Once we have been approved by them, our dossier goes to the desk of the Secretary General who signs it and then we will be on the national waitlist for a referral.  We expect that wait to take about 12 months, if not a bit longer, especially since we are wanting a baby girl.  Hopefully it won't take that long, and our agency is quoting a wait time of 6-12 months for a referral once we have been approved by IHNFA.  We are planning on it taking a minimum of one year and hope that we are pleasantly surprised with the referral of our daughter sooner.  Once we receive it accept it, we will travel for a week to Honduras for interviews, psych evals (yes more of that!!), and most importantly to meet our daughter.  We will then have to leave WITHOUT her, and then travel for one last time approximately 3-5 months later and stay for a minimum of 30 days and then we will finalize the adoption, have doctors appointments for her to have immunizations before leaving the country, get her new birth certificate and visa, and who knows what else!  We really wish that we had the option of doing one long trip of 6 weeks so that we don't have to leave our daughter.  Also, I know I will be petrified the whole time between trips that something will happen to severely delay our second trip, or that the country will close and we won't be able to go get her and bring her home.

The woman that I wrote about in a previous entry who was in Honduras to adopt her son, FINALLY signed the paperwork and I believe they left Honduras yesterday!  I am sooooo happy for her!!

Well, this entry ended up being way more wordy than I expected!