At a snail's pace...#64

Progress, at a snail's pace, but I'm down to #64.  I wish I would see some improvement on Honduras's part in the near future.  Until then...we wait.  Maybe next time I'll break the 50's.

Drum Roll...69!

Well, as of last week, I am now number 69 on the waiting list.  Still a long ways to go, but progress!  Hoping they speed up a bit at the IHNFA, now known as National Children's Advocacy.  Supposedly they are trying to do just that through hiring people who want to be there and getting rid of those who are just in it for the pay check.  Well, I'll believe it when I see it.

Waiting Number...76!

So, as slow as this process has gone, there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel.  This week, I received my waiting number.  This is my place in line for receiving a referral.  This number will change as the families ahead of me receive their referrals.  From what I gather from other bloggers, the IHNFA (the adoption administration in Honduras) meets 1-2 times a month to place children with families.  The families on the top of the list, whose specifications match the available children, are matched and receive referrals.  They then have 2 weeks to accept or decline the referral.  After the referrals are accepted, everyone else moves up the list and has a new "waiting number."
This has been going on for a few months now, so I am so glad to see that things are progressing.  I was a bit in the dark on what was going on or how.  Though I'm a bit disappointed that there are some 70 something families ahead in line, I am glad to see that there is so much progress going on and so many kids that will have a family soon.  So, now we watch the numbers move.  In the meantime, school starts again in just over 2 weeks.  Nothing like 30+ sixth graders to keep you busy!

Dossier Completed, Again

Well, my completed dossier was sent to Honduras today.  The new Honduran administration wanted a couple of things added to my previous dossier (sent last May).  So, almost one year later, it is now complete?  I sure hope so.  Mine is only the second re-completed dossier sent by my agency, so again, we'll be the guinea pigs, and see if Honduras is ready to start matching kids with families.  Let's hope for some more good news soon!

Cautious Optimism

You never want to be too optimistic in the world of international adoption; you're just setting yourself up to be disappointed.  But after talking with my agency today, they've had the first good news in probably the last 9 months.  The backstory of the last 9 months or so...the first group of people handling international adoptions for Honduras were all fired and/or arrested for illegal activities.  An interim group was hired; they didn't seem to get much of anything done.  A new director and staff were then hired and have been working for the last month or two.  According to my agency, the 9 families with dossiers in Honduras have now had their dossiers reviewed.  We are now awaiting news of any paperwork updates that would be needed before we can move to the matching process.  (The idea of more paperwork is migraine worthy.)  Honduras has 45 children that are legally ready for international adoption, and they are adding more children each week.  Still no timeline of when this adoption might happen, but at this point, I'll take this small tidbit of progress as good news.