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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Not Good News

Today we heard some potentially bad news for independent adoptions from Rwanda. It appears that they will be ratifying the Hague treaty. This is great because it strives to ensure that all adoptions are completely ethical however, one requirement is that you must use an approved adoption services provider. We are not quite sure where this leaves families like us who are working on independent adoptions. We chose this route for financial reasons, because we have experienced IA before and felt like we could handle flying solo, and lastly because that is what the Rwandan government preferred. We are still waiting for confirmation on all of this but if this happens it will more than double our expenses which realistically we cannot afford right now. Going solo still was a ball park 12,000 with travel and expenses but having to switch to an agengy would be more around 25,000. Right now we are in limbo and of course it is not a great feeling.

6 comments:

Unknown said...: So sorry, guys. We know that this was hard news to hear. We'll be praying for opening for you...; March 18, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Jenn said...: We are struggling and in limbo as well! Praying that Rwanda will continue to work with Independent families.; March 18, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Jenn said...: Email me -- jennifernew81 @ hotmail dot com I have some news to share about it!; March 19, 2010 at 3:02 PM
One Hot Homestead said...: Of course I have a place in my heart for Rwanda since our son is from there and leaving that orphanage broke my heart in two. So we had also hoped to do a 2nd Rwanda adoption going the private route since our process was so much more expensive then we had anticipated with our agency. I am actually now looking into adoption from the DRC as the circumstances there for children are very similar to Rwanda and there are still many Rwanda refugees living in the DRC. There is a agency called Our Family Adoptions that assists with private adoptions there. They have a nice website, and do not charge for their services. You could check with them if you need to change course.; March 19, 2010 at 5:57 PM
Casey and Carra said...: I can't believe how big your girls have gotten. It's been forever since I have been on here. I hope your next adoption works out.; March 21, 2010 at 5:46 PM
Special K said...: So sorry you've had bad new. Praying that things work out to complete your adoption.; March 23, 2010 at 8:25 PM

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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