This from another adoptive parent corresponding with us:
Laurie,
Basically what the update letter says is that because of the new archiving policy put in place, (I am assuming this is the new wonderful big idea of the new director of IBESR. He came on right after the uprising.) the process is now longer than ever. First legalization used to take one month, then a case went on to IBESR. Because of the new policy, it is taking much, much longer. In our cases we are already in First Legalization for over two months. Worse yet, no one really knows how long that could take because it seems the you and I are the first cases Dillon has had that require this new policy.
From what I gather, it went into effect about the time our cases entered the system. So, if you add one to two months on top of an average wait of 5-7 months, that puts me personally at either the end of March or even April. My acceptance packet went to Haiti July 26th. Seven months from then would be the end of February, add one month minimum onto that and it is the end of March. I hope everything else will go well and I will be adding that couple of months onto the end of five months instead of seven, but I am trying to be realistic.
I personally am going to be praying about that meeting Gladys is supposed to be having with the director of IBESR soon. Hopefully, she will be able to persuade him to make some changes to speed things along. Who knows, she may even mention the cases she has that are being delayed because of this.
Also, on a personal note- one day when I was praying, I felt led to pray that God would "redeem" that month that has been lost in First Legalization. What I mean by that, is that God would make up for it by speeding things along somewhere else. I still do not think there is any way they will be home by Christmas. It would absolutely take a miracle. However, God has already worked quite a few on our behalf in this adoption so anything can happen.
My goal for the present is to keep living my life, trust God's love for me, and glorify him in the wait. That can only happen by his Spirit, and moment by moment. I have no grandiose predictions of my success, but I'm going to try.
Sherri
Laurie,
Basically what the update letter says is that because of the new archiving policy put in place, (I am assuming this is the new wonderful big idea of the new director of IBESR. He came on right after the uprising.) the process is now longer than ever. First legalization used to take one month, then a case went on to IBESR. Because of the new policy, it is taking much, much longer. In our cases we are already in First Legalization for over two months. Worse yet, no one really knows how long that could take because it seems the you and I are the first cases Dillon has had that require this new policy.
From what I gather, it went into effect about the time our cases entered the system. So, if you add one to two months on top of an average wait of 5-7 months, that puts me personally at either the end of March or even April. My acceptance packet went to Haiti July 26th. Seven months from then would be the end of February, add one month minimum onto that and it is the end of March. I hope everything else will go well and I will be adding that couple of months onto the end of five months instead of seven, but I am trying to be realistic.
I personally am going to be praying about that meeting Gladys is supposed to be having with the director of IBESR soon. Hopefully, she will be able to persuade him to make some changes to speed things along. Who knows, she may even mention the cases she has that are being delayed because of this.
Also, on a personal note- one day when I was praying, I felt led to pray that God would "redeem" that month that has been lost in First Legalization. What I mean by that, is that God would make up for it by speeding things along somewhere else. I still do not think there is any way they will be home by Christmas. It would absolutely take a miracle. However, God has already worked quite a few on our behalf in this adoption so anything can happen.
My goal for the present is to keep living my life, trust God's love for me, and glorify him in the wait. That can only happen by his Spirit, and moment by moment. I have no grandiose predictions of my success, but I'm going to try.
Sherri
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