We need your prayer, we ask for your support!
I spent three hours Friday on conference calls with the The
US Depart of State Bureau of Consular Affairs, and the consulate in the DRC. The DRC (congo) officials as some of you know
stopped allowing their “already” adopted children to leave their country and
come home with their new families. They
are afraid their children are being mistreated, or “re-homed”. ( put through another adoption once here if
the adoptive family decides they can’t “handle” the children) Now because of other issues during US families
visiting their children in the DRC, the DRC will scrutinize and in some cases
refuse parents from the U.S. to visit their children who are waiting for their
exit visas (which have been put on hold).
September 2013, they asked for one year to revamp their adoption program.
They want to stop corruption in the adoption program in their country. They want other countries adopting their
children to conform to their laws and regulations (that was not always
happening). This has caused tragedies for some of the
waiting children and much heart break for many waiting families, but in the
grand scheme of things this is good. If
they are prepared and stick to that time line, they will start reissuing the children’s
exit visas in September.
What does this mean for us?
It means going forward with our adoption in the DRC is risky but
honestly no more risky than usual. The
September time line (if they stick to it) does not affect us on how we move
forward. We are just finished with our
home study, we are applying for matching grants, going through fundraising
ideas (any suggestions are welcome), and getting ready to create our story on
video for you (coming soon).
During my (Deborah) prayer time this morning I was given a
strong message saying “be ready”. Tears again
of course.
We march forward and
we “be ready”. What does that look like
at this point? It means we fundraise
like crazy!!! We’ll need approx. $8000.00 to sign up with our Adoption
(placement) agency, and have a Dossier prepared. The Dossier a collection of papers containing
very detailed information about us.
Compiling a dossier involves gathering documents, having the documents
notarized, adding various seals from our county, state, and the U.S. government,
then translated into that countries language.
Ok? Ok. (Inhale,
exhale) So let’s do this! If we have enough of us together, helping,
we can get this part funded quickly. God
told us to “Be Ready” so let’s Be Ready. John 14:18
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” GO!!!!! www.give27.thepursuit.org
