We are off once again. On a plane to Ft. Lauderdale. We received an email stating that all our orphanage’s paperwork is in process and that all agencies are working 24/7 to get things completed. Haiti’s Prime Minister will continue to sign-off on all adoptions. By the tone of the email, we are looking at [...]
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There have been 121 Humanitarian Paroles granted today and children are once again beginning to leave Haiti. We know that our boys ARE NOT in this group of children leaving but we also know their paperwork has been vetted so they hopefully will be in one of the next groups. It could all be over [...]
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It feels to me like we have hit a brick wall today. After an encouraging conference call from government agencies Tuesday we get completely conflicting information from our adoption agency. We are one of 5 families in our agency who have not received any communication verifying that our files are present and being “vetted” (the [...]
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We are home. Difficult trip to make yesterday. Getting into the car with three empty carseats basically just sucked. Traveling with Paul & Steph did lend some needed comic relief though. They did their best to keep me together. Our hearts are aching, we are tired and feeling a little defeated but we are certainly [...]
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There are really no words to express the frustration and the depth of our broken hearts right now. We have just been notified that as of right now there will be no other children leaving Haiti. so we have been told to go home… Please continue to pray for all of the orphans in Haiti, [...]
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This is what we are up against. Our window is closing very quickly to getting our boys out of Haiti. I, we, need help!!!! We need everyone to flood our elected officials an demand cooperation. This is not the Haitian Gov’t, it the United States. No matter what you see on the news, they are [...]
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We are working very hard to bring all this kids home. The process is very slow. We are coordinating our efforts with our agency to put additional people on the ground today. We have an appointment at the Embassy tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:00 AM for VISA processing. However, this could change at a moments notice. [...]
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Update! They’re processing kids now in haiti but its slow, and they need to fill up the airplane before they send them over, they’re not just sending a couple at a time. They’re asking all the families to come to Ft. Lauderdale and be patient. We won’t be home anytime before Sunday with the boys. [...]
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We are in Rochester! Waiting! No new news really, the boys did not get out today. They are saying that tomorrow a large amount of children will come out of Haiti! We are taking off at 6:45 am on WONDERFUL AirTran. We connect in Atlanta and then onto Ft Lauderdale. We will meet up with [...]
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Looks like we are either going to Ft. Lauderdale today or tomorrow OR Denver this weekend. Struggling with wether to buy tickets to FLL, some parents are leaving asap. Anyone with any airline/private plane connections willing to jump on board? The tentative plan is to get 3 one way tickets and then purchase 6 one-way [...]
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