Geez, two consecutive posts and I've titled them Doubt and Discouraged. Not a good sign. Just went out and read a few blogs of those parents who are adopting from Nepal. Some have received referrals, some have submitted their dossiers, but nothing is moving. Since opening back up in January 2009, no child has come home. The political upheaval and the need for a new Minister seem to have brought it to a standstill. And so these poor parents wait. And parents like us wonder, "Should we even apply?"
Can you feel the heartbreak? Can you feel the frustration with the roadblocks that the few options we have in international adoption are causing?
Please pray for these families. Pray for international adoption. But mostly pray for the orphans.
* Editor's note: This post was written 7-9-09. The situation in Nepal got slightly better only to get much worse by August 2010. The State Department went on to suspend (abandonment) adoptions there. Wonderfully, a Starkville family did bring their son home from Nepal just a month or two ago.
Interesting that the 2009 roadblocks were indeed signs, so I say. Nepal was not the answer for us. So we waited. And here we are, 2 years later...poised with toes on the edge of the diving board, contemplating. Gripping the edge, lacking the nerve to jump.
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