A post from Todd:
First the great news. On Tuesday, we "passed court." In adoption lingo, that means R and S are legally our children! They just happen to live in another country. It is great to know they are officially ours. Thank you for your prayers for this important milestone.
On Friday evening we got some not so great news. All along, we've been told to expect to travel sometime in June. A couple of weeks ago, May was even a possibility. But things have changed and we are now looking at mid to late July. As you can imagine, this is a disappointment to us, as we had already made preliminary plans for who would come take care of M and E while we were away, how we would spend the rest of the summer as R and S adjusted to life in our family, how/when we would consider getting them into school and learning English here, etc. But God has other plans.
In Bulgaria, after adoptive parents pass court, they wait for a court decree to be printed before finalizing travel dates. That was taking about a week or two weeks at the longest. People who adopt from Bulgaria have always expressed frustration at this part of the process. Why does it take a week to print a decree?
Well, something has happened and the court has slowed way down and we're not sure when we'll get a decree or final travel dates. We were given a date of July 20 and told it could be a week or two earlier, but the Bulgarian NGO won't commit to anything until the decree is printed.
So, we wait.
There is at least one silver lining in these developments. We will now be able to go on our annual beach trip with Todd's family for some much needed R&R. Since we've all been working pretty hard with school, work, fundraising, and getting the house ready, it will be nice to have a short vacation. And it's nice to have some breathing room in all the preparations. We could all benefit from slowing down just a little right now.
The travel delay is not the news we expected or hoped for, but we trust it is part of God's plan for our adoption and that the break will help us prepare more for R and S's arrival.
No comments:
Post a Comment