Today is our 5th anniversary! I can't believe it has already been 5 years, this time has flown by and even with all of the trials we have gone through- I wouldn't change a single thing. There is a song with the refrain "God gave me you for the ups and downs" and every time I hear it I smile and thank God for giving me such an incredible man to share my life with. He amazes me every day and always makes me want to be a better person. I love his sense of humor and his strong sense of self. I love who I am with him :)
Tomorrow is Ryan's wedding. I can't believe my little brother is getting married. Those of you that have younger siblings totally get what I mean. Those of that don't are going "isn't he only 2 years younger than you?" I am so happy for him and could not have imagined a better girl for him! Kelly is wonderful and I love how happy they make each other. Wishing them all the happiness in the world as they embark on this next step. I also think it's kind of cool our anniversaries are almost the same :)
Enough of the mushy... over the past 2 days we've gotten a little more information about what is going on in Ethiopia. We are a part of a yahoo group that is all families that are in various stages of adopting through AWAA in Ethiopia and some of the families that have recently traveled have been able to share some insight. If you remember a few months ago, they appointed a new director of MOWYCA (the agency in charge of all adoptions in Ethiopia) when they discovered things weren't going well. That was when they changed to doing only 5 referrals a day. Well apparently they didn't do such a hot job of selecting a new director. From what the families that are over there have written, she is, get this, NOT AN ADVOCATE FOR ADOPTION. Really??? When you travel to Ethiopia the first time you go to court and petition for the adoption. The judge reviews your dossier and makes sure everything is in order. Then he reviews the child's paperwork making sure that it is all correct and nothing seems fishy. Then he reads over the MOWYCA letter that states they have matched that child to your family. Well, in the past few months we kept seeing family after family not pass court because the letter from MOWYCA wasn't there. So these families are in Ethiopia and have done everything they are supposed to do but the director isn't getting the letter to the judge. Now remember, the families don't travel to Ethiopia unless the referral has been made so it's not like the director is caught off guard. There are, on average, 2-3 months between when you are notified that they have matched you with a child and when you are given a court date and you travel over there.
Please pray for this director's heart to be softened for the orphans that are waiting to meet their forever families and for the families that are traveling now to have faith and know that everything is happening in God's timing. I can't even imagine how frustrating it would be to travel all the way over there and then find someone has not done their job! As for me, I keep repeating in my head "God's will be done" to help me keep perspective when I get frustrated with this process. Thankfully, that doesn't happen very often :) Love you all!
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