I just want to say that all of our thoughts are with the children in Honduras, and even though we have never met any, we love them and they all deserve loving homes. It is wonderful that Honduras currently is very interested in international adoption and we hope that children will benefit from this and want it to continue.
~ ~ ~ Love. A pink "My First Teddy Bear." Central American doll. Honduran flag in the playroom. Love. ~ ~ ~
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
More updates.....
I spoke with Beth a few days ago, and the adoption committee DID in fact meet. That is great news....the most positive news in about 4 months! There were waitlist numbers given, and a few referrals but none for our agency. The reason for this is that Gladney is one of the newer agencies (there were 3 accredited before Gladney). She does not know the demographics of the children referred or how many were made. So there are families from those other agencies that have been waiting longer than we have, so it makes sense that they should see movement first. I am thrilled for those families that did receive wonderful news of waitlist numbers or referrals! My big question now is because Gladney is one of the later agencies, how much longer do we have to wait before we see movement...and this is assuming that the Honduran adoption committee continues to meet regularly. Apparently, the committee is scheduled to meet once per month, so we are wondering how many referrals can be made in one single day? I could be wrong, but I can't see that it would be very many. Basically, as of right now, the committee is going to meet 12 times a year. The IHNFA director is able to approve dossiers and assign waitlist numbers throughout the month, but it sounds like actual referrals will take place on a monthly basis.
The current director of IHNFA has been quoted as saying that he wants to streamline the adoption process and have it move along more quickly, and we so hope that happens. The article that I read also said that the director wants the committee to meet a few times a week to "catch up" and hopefully that is accurate and happens. These children NEED this to happen. They all deserve happy, healthy homes. I look at my own son, who is 25 months old now, and I can't imagine him in an orphanage. He is funny, loves to dance, loves to learn sign language, run around and laugh and loves his mommy, daddy and his grandparents so much and they love him, and it kills me that so many children don't have this. All children deserve to know what having a family is like.
Hopefully soon, we will receive some information or updates on our dossier, which is at IHNFA. We haven't heard anything since November so learning of some official movement for us personally would be fantastic.
The current director of IHNFA has been quoted as saying that he wants to streamline the adoption process and have it move along more quickly, and we so hope that happens. The article that I read also said that the director wants the committee to meet a few times a week to "catch up" and hopefully that is accurate and happens. These children NEED this to happen. They all deserve happy, healthy homes. I look at my own son, who is 25 months old now, and I can't imagine him in an orphanage. He is funny, loves to dance, loves to learn sign language, run around and laugh and loves his mommy, daddy and his grandparents so much and they love him, and it kills me that so many children don't have this. All children deserve to know what having a family is like.
Hopefully soon, we will receive some information or updates on our dossier, which is at IHNFA. We haven't heard anything since November so learning of some official movement for us personally would be fantastic.
Monday, February 13, 2012
"One year since beginning our adoption journey"
That is what my ticker says here on my blog.
Today is our one year anniversary of our decision to adopt. One year. There has been NO movement in Honduras....no families place on the waitlist, no referrals that we know of. Nothing. The only people that I am aware of who brought children home from Honduras are those who started their adoption journeys before we did (before Honduras opened their adoption doors to U.S. agencies) and used attorneys, not agencies.
We are discouraged to say the least. If we had been waiting this past year and were seeing families moving forward with waitlist numbers and referrals, it would make things so much easier emotionally for us.
Our dossier has been in Honduras for 4 months and 3 weeks according to the ticker on this blog. We received that one request for a new employment letter for Dave months ago - the first week of November - and that's the last thing we heard about it, so it's been over 3 months since we've heard anything in regards to our dossier. With all of the political issues, corruption (NOT involving the children), investigations, agency accreditation problems, etc. everything has been at a standstill for a few months now. Our agency has told us that things should start moving again and that the adoption committee should be meeting this month to place families on the waitlist and make referrals. It would be fabulous if that happened, but we are not holding our breath on that. We won't be part of that because our dossier has not been all the way through IHNFA yet, but it would be wonderful to learn about other families who are ahead of us! I really hope this meeting takes place, but at this point I'm of the mindset of "I'll believe it when I see it." I know other families must be feeling disheartened and frustrated as well because there have been a few who have moved on to other countries.
So, it's been exactly one year since we began this journey, and so far it has been the complete opposite of what we had hoped. Going into this we knew there would be ups and downs and that it wouldn't be smooth sailing, because international adoption is a bumpy road, but we did expect a bit more than what has happened so far. At this point we expected to be on the waitlist for our daughter, and being happy and excited for each referral and completed adoption happening ahead of us, and knowing that our time was coming to be matched with our daughter. None, not one of those things has happened. Will it? Only time will tell. We are really looking forward to hearing about the adoption committee meeting and hope that it is a positive step in the right direction. Fingers crossed!
Today is our one year anniversary of our decision to adopt. One year. There has been NO movement in Honduras....no families place on the waitlist, no referrals that we know of. Nothing. The only people that I am aware of who brought children home from Honduras are those who started their adoption journeys before we did (before Honduras opened their adoption doors to U.S. agencies) and used attorneys, not agencies.
We are discouraged to say the least. If we had been waiting this past year and were seeing families moving forward with waitlist numbers and referrals, it would make things so much easier emotionally for us.
Our dossier has been in Honduras for 4 months and 3 weeks according to the ticker on this blog. We received that one request for a new employment letter for Dave months ago - the first week of November - and that's the last thing we heard about it, so it's been over 3 months since we've heard anything in regards to our dossier. With all of the political issues, corruption (NOT involving the children), investigations, agency accreditation problems, etc. everything has been at a standstill for a few months now. Our agency has told us that things should start moving again and that the adoption committee should be meeting this month to place families on the waitlist and make referrals. It would be fabulous if that happened, but we are not holding our breath on that. We won't be part of that because our dossier has not been all the way through IHNFA yet, but it would be wonderful to learn about other families who are ahead of us! I really hope this meeting takes place, but at this point I'm of the mindset of "I'll believe it when I see it." I know other families must be feeling disheartened and frustrated as well because there have been a few who have moved on to other countries.
So, it's been exactly one year since we began this journey, and so far it has been the complete opposite of what we had hoped. Going into this we knew there would be ups and downs and that it wouldn't be smooth sailing, because international adoption is a bumpy road, but we did expect a bit more than what has happened so far. At this point we expected to be on the waitlist for our daughter, and being happy and excited for each referral and completed adoption happening ahead of us, and knowing that our time was coming to be matched with our daughter. None, not one of those things has happened. Will it? Only time will tell. We are really looking forward to hearing about the adoption committee meeting and hope that it is a positive step in the right direction. Fingers crossed!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Update
Well, I've decided to keep this blog public for now.
We recently had an update from our agency saying that the investigation has been completed and there is a new director of IHNFA. The most promising news is that the adoption committee is supposed to be meeting in February to assign waitlist numbers and begin matching children with parents. We do not expect to be included because as far as we know, our dossier is still at IHNFA, so who knows how long it will take before we are approved to be placed on the waitlist.
So now we just wait and see if things do actually start moving along.....
We recently had an update from our agency saying that the investigation has been completed and there is a new director of IHNFA. The most promising news is that the adoption committee is supposed to be meeting in February to assign waitlist numbers and begin matching children with parents. We do not expect to be included because as far as we know, our dossier is still at IHNFA, so who knows how long it will take before we are approved to be placed on the waitlist.
So now we just wait and see if things do actually start moving along.....
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Going private...
Due to some information that I have been told, I no longer feel like I can speak freely in my own blog. Therefore, I think I will be making this blog private. I do not like feeling like I am being "watched" and that I have to tread lightly in what I write in regards to my own thoughts, opinions and experiences.
I know many of my friends, other adoptive families and family read my blog but aren't "followers" so if you are one of these people, please send me your name and email address so that you can continue to read if you'd like to do so.
Thanks!
I know many of my friends, other adoptive families and family read my blog but aren't "followers" so if you are one of these people, please send me your name and email address so that you can continue to read if you'd like to do so.
Thanks!
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