Today we have received what feels to be (long-overdue) hopeful news:
Our agency has informed us that a three-step adoption treaty ratification process is scheduled to begin tomorrow! Our hope and expectation has been that this treaty's ratification between the US and the other government is a necessary step that has to occur in order for the adoption suspension to be lifted. Until now we have had no sense of when that might occur, other than "soon." So this is a great step.
In fact, our in-country facilitator is willing to receive our dossier to begin the process of translating it so that it is ready for submission. Thus far our dossier has been sitting in our agency's office here in the States, so it is enormously encouraging that the situation has shifted enough that we were invited to send it over--it means our facilitator wants to get working on it so it is ready to go as soon as the way is clear.
We still aren't sure when this means we will be formally submitted, or how long the ratification process will take, and obviously we are painfully aware of how tenuous this process can be, but this is wonderful news nonetheless. As Bethany put it, the doors haven't swung wide open yet but they are starting to open slowly.
Please join us in praying for continued progress. And pray for the child we so hope to be ours!
Our agency has informed us that a three-step adoption treaty ratification process is scheduled to begin tomorrow! Our hope and expectation has been that this treaty's ratification between the US and the other government is a necessary step that has to occur in order for the adoption suspension to be lifted. Until now we have had no sense of when that might occur, other than "soon." So this is a great step.
In fact, our in-country facilitator is willing to receive our dossier to begin the process of translating it so that it is ready for submission. Thus far our dossier has been sitting in our agency's office here in the States, so it is enormously encouraging that the situation has shifted enough that we were invited to send it over--it means our facilitator wants to get working on it so it is ready to go as soon as the way is clear.
We still aren't sure when this means we will be formally submitted, or how long the ratification process will take, and obviously we are painfully aware of how tenuous this process can be, but this is wonderful news nonetheless. As Bethany put it, the doors haven't swung wide open yet but they are starting to open slowly.
Please join us in praying for continued progress. And pray for the child we so hope to be ours!
Still praying for you to bring your sweet boy home soon!
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