Saturday, April 17, 2010

Updates on process

We should have big news soon, but for now, here's an update from our agency: :-)

New court travel requirements
-Families must be present for their court appointment
-One parent will be allowed to represent the family at either court or embassy appointments. It will not need to be the same parent.
-The in-country time needed for the court appointment will be less than 24 hours.
-Parents will be required to visit their child before going to their court appointment.

And Now Some GOOD News:
-IAN has reached agreements with two new orphanages to place children with families! We hope to begin finding families for these kids in the next few weeks.
-IAN’s care home will be moving in the next few weeks. We have already outgrown our current location, so the new home will have eight rooms, and will house 10-20 more children.
-The new care home will allow kids 2 1/2 years and up to attend preschool classes at the care home.

Hopefully by tripling the number of orphanages, our referral will come sooner than we thought!! Our families are hoping to shave 4 months off the process so we can bring little sister home before Christmas!!
Kirsta & Michael

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