A Screeching Halt

Yesterday, March 7th, we received our long awaited I171h form! This is the last document required for our dossier, so you would think we would be elated... But we, along with thousands of other hopeful adoptive families received some devastating news from the Ministry of Women's and Children's affairs in Ethiopia. They are planning to reduce the number of international adoptions by 90%!!! If this is true it that will mean that our adoption will not happen for years.

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/-Ethiopia-to-Cut-Foreign-Adoptions-by-Up-to-90-Percent-117411843.html

I cannot express my heart break. Please join us in praying for God's direction and clarity. Obviously, this will greatly affect our decision to submit our dossier... or to wait.

I am including a link to a petition to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Please take a moment to sign it as well as to pray for the adoptive families, and more importantly, the more than five million Ethiopian orphans who will be affected by the outcome.

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43714.html