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.