Well, IBESR did open back up on August 15. At the time they opened they said they would be open for 1 month and then close again. September 15 became our new deadline.
It seemed possible that we could make that deadline. Little Guy's dossier was almost done. Ours just had to go to the consulate and be mailed to Haiti for first legalization, whatever that is.
It's been 2 weeks and our dossier hasn't reached Haiti yet, which means we aren't going to make it. What does that mean? There are a lot of potentials, but we don't really know yet.
The government of Haiti says they will close on September 15 and re-open on October 1, implementing new laws. Supposedly they are only going to work with certain agencies, raise their fees and change some of the laws about the adoption process, including only allowing adoption of children over the age of 1 and not allowing the birth and adoptive parents to interact with one another. But we have to wait and see. Please pray with us as we wait. Waiting for something like this is so hard.
Our prayer requests.....
- For Little Guy to be safe and healthy.
- For our dossier to get to Haiti quickly and safely.
- For Haiti to accept our agency on it's list of agencies to work with.
- For our dossier to get into IBESR quickly.
That's a pretty good start. :) Thank you, friends.
