June Updates - amazing. So I know us and one other person announced their acceptance of a referral - not sure who the other families are - but would love to talk to them or meet them. Especially with the little boy. close too Karesso's age! Love it.
anyhow - Its a new month - they still think per this post its possible we travel in August - not sure if that will work out - we shall see. Guess we should get a dr appointment and then get our immunizations. Its a lot longer for the 2nd trip - but guess the US Embassy is doing more research too - which is good. Still praying we bring him home THIS year - may not be if we travel in October - so we will see.
Keep the prayers going for all of these families and kids -especially the children waiting for their forever homes. And their families that are so heroic to give them up so that they can live and have a fruitful life.
Gail
Post from AAI
Dear Families~
We hope your summer is off to a good start. Michigan can be pretty brutal during the winter months, to the point where I question the reasoning for living here......but summer really makes up for it! We have had some "perfect" summer days....sunny, low 80's, with a bit of humidity...aah....
We continue to have a great amount of activity...more referrals, lots of court dates scheduled, and lots of families planning travel.
# of dossiers sent to Ethiopia - 3
# of referrals -5
# of adoptions finalized - 2
# of children brought home - 1
Referrals - The 5 children referred were 2 infant boys, 1 infant girl, 1 2 yr old girl, and 1 7 yr. old boy
Families Traveling~ We have one family in Ethiopia right now and eight more leaving sometime in the next two weeks! All of these families are traveling for their first trip and will be meeting their children for the first time! Please pray for safe travel and wonderful experiences for them while in Ethiopia.
Current Situation in Ethiopia - There is no new news to report since the last update I posted a couple weeks ago. This is a recap: The courts are opposed to MOWYCA only completing 5 cases per day, MOWYCA announced they have increase the number to 10 per day intend to increase this number to 15 over the next few months.
Letters of consent from MOWYCA- So far, we have only had two court hearings since the original announcement made by MOWYCA. The letters for these two cases were submitted two weeks after the court hearing took place. It is expected that the families will bring their children home late July or early August. If things go as planned, the time between their two trips will be 8-10 weeks.
Court Closure - We still do not know the exact dates of the closure coming up but expect it to be from the second week of August through September. We are currently waiting to hear court dates for four families and are hopeful that the dates will be prior to the closure. Please understand that just because a court-hearing might take place prior to the closure does not mean that the adoption will be finalized prior to the closure. If a family attends court and their testimony is approved, the adoption will be finalized, pending the letter of consent from MOWYCA. This letter might be at court the day of the hearing, but might not be there for several weeks (or even months) after court.
Referrals will continue to be given during the court closure, however, a court case will not be able to be opened. Families are also able to travel for their embassy appointment during the court closure.
Wait List-
2, male & female, 0-5yrs
1, female, 0-12mths
1 or 2, female, 0-2yrs
1, female, 2-4yrs
1, female, 0-12mths
1, female, 1-3yrs
1, male, 4-5yrs
1, female, 2-4yrs
1, female, 0-2yrs
2, male, 1-4yrs
1 or 2, female, 0-2yrs
2, male or female, 0-24mths
1, female, 0-2.5 yrs
1, male, 0-18mths
Please note that a family may change their preferences in regards to age and gender at any time, therefore, anything on this list could change on any given day.
Please let us know if you have questions on this information or anything else.
Happy 4th of July!
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