A Setback

I was hoping to write a happy post on Thursday telling everyone that we had been submitted.  That was the plan, but it didn't happen.  Instead, we got word that when our facilitator in Dana's country tried to submit our dossier, she found out that Dana isn't available for international adoption right now.  In Dana's country, an orphaned child must be available exclusively to the citizens of this country for 14 months before they are able to be adopted internationally.  We are 99.9% certain she has been registered for adoption in her country, but are still trying to find out how much longer she needs to wait before she is cleared to be adopted internationally.  It could be a few more weeks or a few months...we just don't know.  We are willing to wait whatever amount of time necessary to bring this little girl home.  We already think of her as our daughter and have no plans of giving her up.  However, rumor has it that the government in her country is planning some major changes to their international adoption program that could possibly put a moratorium on all adoptions.  Nobody knows if or when this is going to happen, but the word on the street is that it could be as soon as early summer.  So, as you can see, time is of the essence.  We are really hoping to find out some more information on Monday and are obviously hoping that our wait will not be much longer.  We are so lucky to have so many people praying for us.  Thank you to everyone who has offered support and encouragement to us these past few days. 

One more thing before I end.  Just in case there are any families considering adopting through Reece's Rainbow, please don't let this scare you away.  It almost never happens.  Reece's Rainbow does not knowingly list children who are not available.  This is a pretty rare situation and we are optimistic that it will have a happy ending.