Tuesday, August 7, 2007

More delays

In keeping with the theme of this adoption that we have to fight to accomplish everything we are now being investigated by the US Embassy. Apparently they are suspicious b/c of all the babies being adopted out of Phu Tho right now as well as the fact that our babies were a part of an association that they have never dealt with. They are investigating to ensure that everything is legit. Everything is on the up and up and we are not concerned about that it just is a matter of how long it will take them to decide that everything is on the up and up. We have no idea whether it will take a few days or a few weeks. All of this appears to be the result of Phu Tho being so backlogged with families and then now all these families coming through. We had to fight every step of the way to get her and it appears we will have to fight every step of the way to get out of here. Everything here has been a battle the adoption, the hotel, the taxis everything. We are tired and worn out and ready to come home and had hoped that what we were told that we would have visas by Thurs was true. It appears this is not the case and we still hope for Fri but feel that is a long shot. If we do not get her visa Fri then we will have to rebook our flights. Thank you for your prayers so far and please continue to pray. Jacob and I are both feeling ill although today he is better and Jaidyn has been upset for the last few days. Our bottle warmer/sterilizer which we thought was the best thing we had brought died today and we lost a bottle. Not a big deal just means we have to rig up other ways to sterilize things like frequent trips to the kitchen and cutting the disposable liners to fit in new bottles.We are just tired and ready to come home. Please pray the investigation will go quickly and we will still be able to return home on Mon. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

2 comments:

Anne said...

We are so sorry you are having to go through all of this. We just don't understand God's reasons at the time; but when we look back it's usually pretty clear why it happened. You are all in our prayers and we are praying for a quick turn around and that you'll be able to come home as planned. Wish there was more we could do; but we have to trust that everything is as it should be...even though we don't like it. You will really have the stories to tell Jaidyn when she grows up...she'll know just how much she's loved!! Take care we love you guys! Aunt Anne, Nana and Sam

Anonymous said...

HELLO LITTLE FAMILY, I HOPE EVERYTHING IS BETTER FOR YOU TODAY. KEEP YOUR CHIN UP! JAIDYN IS WORTH IT, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. BE CARFUL OVER THERE AND I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT YOU. I ASK TY IF WE COULD SEND A BOTTLE WARMER EXTRA, EXTRA EXPRESS! LOTS OF LOVE,
KRETA RODRIGUEZ