The State Department also issued a new notice - the notice reads this:
Notice: Significant delays remain likely for cases presented to Ethiopia's Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs after March 8, 2011
The Government of Ethiopia's Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (MOWYCA) told the American Embassy officials that adoption cases presented to the Federal Court of First Instance prior to March 8, 2011 will be processed expeditiously. However, cases presented to the Court after March 8 will be processed in a more deliberate manner to allow greater scrutiny and oversight. Based on their March 8 announcement the American Embassy anticipates that MOWYCA will process these cases at a rate of approximately 5 per day.
It is unclear whether there will be an official announcement from the Government of Ethiopia regarding the plan to reduce the number of cases adjudicated daily.
Prospective adoptive parents who did not reach the court summons stage before March 8, 2011, should expect significant delays in the progression of their paperwork through the Government of Ethiopia. Prospective adoptive parents should be in close touch with their adoption service providers to confirm the status of their cases.
The U.S. Embassy continues to work with Ethiopian government officials and adoption agencies to gain a clearer understanding of these procedures, and will continue to post information as it becomes available.
The Embassy's Adoptions Unit can be reached at consadoptionaddis@state.gov.
Please continue to monitor http://adoption.state.gov for updated information as it becomes available.
Yes...that is what we heard today. The 20-30 cases being processed a day that we were told about - that is for all the cases that were caught in the middle...cases that already had or were assigned court dates. The government is working to get the cases processed and completed and then the slow down of cases being processed is likely from what was said(in about a week or so we may see the slow down). Yay for those families who are so close to getting their kids!! At least they won't be slowed down. Hard to hear for those of us still waiting for our referral. There are a lot of details to the call - I can't type all of that out as I am afraid I would have the longest post in history...so if you want to know more, just let me know and I can tell you.
I have had a song on "repeat" in my head all afternoon...soon after I got off the call. The song is Psalm 61 - here are the lyrics since I can't find a video of the song.
Hear my cry O Lord attend unto my prayer
From the ends of the earth will I cry out to Thee.
And when my heart is overwhelmed, Oh Lord,
Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I,
That is higher than I.
For Thou hast been a shelter unto me,
A high tower, Lord, against the enemy.
And when my heart is overwhelmed, Oh Lord,
Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I,
That is higher than I.
That is higher than I,
That is higher than I.
And then as I was listening to my iPod as I was fixing dinner, E and I were singing along to some of the songs when Steven Curtis Chapman's Yours song came on...the words just rang in my heart...these words...
I walk the dirt roads of Uganda
I see the scars that war has left behind
Hope like the sun is fading
and they’re waiting for a cure no one can find
And I hear children’s voices singing
of a God who heals and rescues and restores
and I’m reminded that every child in Africa is Yours
It’s all Yours God, Yours God, everything is Yours
From the stars in the sky to the depths of the ocean floor
and it’s all Yours God, Yours God, everything is Yours
You’re the maker and keeper, Father and ruler of everything
It’s all Yours
I know that God is on his throne and that he has a plan. The changes that are taking place are good changes...I just pray that cooperation and governments come together for these children. These children are God's children. Meant to be in families - be it here with us or with families in their own country...these children need mommy's and daddy's to love them.
As I end this post - I reach my arms up to the Lord and cry out, putting all my hope and trust in the One giver of all gifts. I thank you Lord for today - for every little detail of today. The good and the not so good. Thank you for it all. You are mighty to save, O Lord. You reign.
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