A glimmer of good news

Another orphanage recently posted this tidbit of news on their blog:

27 November 2008

Today is American Thanksgiving and we celebrated in many ways here in Haiti. One big way was when we received the news that IBESR and Parquet had their meeting today and decided that they would honor a moratorium on all dossiers that go into IBESR by January 7, 2009. IBESR has agreed to ask for dispensation for all dossiers not fitting the law of 1974 if in IBESR before this date. With them doing this, it should go quicker than if each orphanage asked for dispensation dossier by dossier. IBESR will ask for dispensation in batches.

So tomorrow morning, we will send all dossiers that were returned by Parquet to IBESR and they will apply for the dispensation. This is wonderful news and makes today a GREAT Thanksgiving Day for us and all adoptive parents!

While this doesn't directly apply to our situation, our agency said this is still very good news for us because our case is one that involves dispensation/an exception. So maybe, just maybe, we'll at least be out of IBESR by the end of the year? Let's keep praying!

I keep having to update our 'hopeful' dates on our adoption timeline that is at the bottom of this page. One of these days, I'd really like for our anticipated come-home date to be correct!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."
Philippians 4:6