And life in Haiti Goes on...

Some of you have been asking where we are at on our journey towards our Haitian children.  I have, over the past months, had no solid or confident answer to that question - until now.  The following is from God's Littlest Angels and is the answer to many of my questions.
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from: http://godslittlestangelsinhaiti.org/andlifegoeson/

An Update on Adoptions in Haiti

Posted by Tom Vanderwell. No Comments

I’ve had a number of people e-mail or call me recently asking for more details on what the status of adoptions is at GLA and in Haiti.   I figured that if some of you are asking the questions, there are a LOT more who are wondering but haven’t asked.

So, I talked to Jean and Dixie  about it and below is the response that Jean has been sending to people. 

I hope it helps answer questions and remember that even if it’s not what you wanted, God is in control and He has a plan.   And His timing is better than ours.   I can testify to that from when we adopt our two kids from GLA in 2004.

Tom

Hello!

Thank you for your interest in adopting a child from God’s Littlest Angels. Here’s the facts about Haitian adoptions at this time:

IBESR has stated that referrals may be given for children who were already considered legal orphans before the earthquake.

GLA had only one child who met this criteria and approximately 20 dossiers waiting for referrals.

IBESR has also stated that if the birth parents relinquished a child directly to the orphanage, the children can then be proposed to families.  But we will work first with families with their dossier already at the orphanage.

We will not be accepting any new dossiers until we have taken care of the families already waiting. 

We do not know for sure what the criteria will be, nor the process, nor the cost. The government is just beginning to function again. We do not know how long the adoption process will take. We can’t send out applications or information packets until we have more information and available children.

UNICEF has control of all the newly orphaned children. We have no idea if or when they will release them to the orphanages.

We have had hundreds of requests to adopt. Once we can begin moving forward with new adoptions, we will post the details on our webpage. www.glahaiti.org.

Blessings,

Jean Bell

US Coordinator

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To help you understand - we are approved by the Alberta Government to adopt from Haiti, although the Government of Canada remains closed to Haitian adoptions.  Also, we DO NOT have  a Dossier in Haiti.  So until the Haitian government establishes a new process for int'l adoptions and until Canada opens it's doors again to these wee ones, things for us are at a stand still.

In spite of this, we will not be pursuing any other adoption direction.  We feel strongly that our children are in Haiti and that we must continue moving towards them in any and every way we can.


Praying for Patience & Peace

Amanda and Troy






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