Long Time No Post
Hello Everyone! I know there has been an extensive hiatus from our posting and details about our adoption journey I’m sorry for not writing more often. Nevertheless, here we are, and I want to share with all of you some updates on our adoption journey:
Waiting- For the most part, you can say our adoption journey is still about waiting. We are up-to-date with all of our documentation, our forms, and details. We are just waiting patiently to be matched with a child. We knew this would be the longest part of the process, and it just continues to be difficult as we wait patiently for the process to proceed.
Haiti- I am not sure how much everyone has kept up with the news, and unfortunately a lot of news isn’t shared nationally as much as it should. However, the country we are adopting from, Haiti, is continuing to go through a lot of turmoil. The government still has no elected leader or president, and gangs have taken over a lot of the country. Specifically, in Port a Prince, the capital, the city is run by gang territories, creating a lot of havoc. For many families, this has made it difficult or impossible to function normally or even obtain food for daily meals. Many schools continue to be closed, while some are slowly opening. Businesses struggle as international relations worry about the safety of doing business with the country. Here are a few articles that have helped me know a bit more about the situation in Haiti:
Haiti Ambassador Zoom Conversation with HCO (Haitian Christian Outreach, an organization we support)
Latest Update within Haiti
All of these articles and videos give a glimpse into the issues Haiti is dealing with. While it may be easy to think “why don’t you just adopt from somewhere else?”, we still feel called to care for our child, and to do our best to protect them as best we can.
Preparation- Amanda and I are going through a 200 level course for Adoption Preparation with a training organization- Families are Forever. This is just helping us prepare for the arrival of our child. We have also begun working on learning and understanding Haitian Creole. Using apps and reading books have helped us grow significantly in our learning. We want to be able to speak with our child, so they can know that we love them and care for them.
Finances- We continue to receive support from our amazing friends and family financially. We have raised over $40K of our $50K goal of money. This just lets us know that we will be able to complete the good work that God is already doing in this process, and are excited to see it through. Thank you for all who have contributed!
Opportunity- Lastly, with a change to our household layout, our adoption process will now be able to open up for either adopting a girl (which is what we were limited to) or to adopt a boy as well. We are not partial on the gender, so opening up to a boy or girl may help us get matched with our child sooner.
When you put everything down at once, there does appear to be more details to share than what you think. What you need to know is that our adoption process is still continuing, and we are still being patient. We are active in hopes and prayers that we will be matched with a child soon. Thank you all for your continued encouragement and prayers, as they are so needed. Hopefully we can get back to updating you with less than 10 months between blog posts. Thank you all!
