The long pause...

My wife informed me that there was some movement in Guatemala within the past few days which allegedly is not good news for us. While the details are still sketchy and not much is known it appears that the president of Guatemala may be putting all adoptions on hold or shutting them down indefinitely. The bottom line is this: The president of Guatemala signed an executive order concerning the adoptions within the country that would affect the entire process as of October 1, 206. The way he has gone about this is apparently illegal. A more detailed version of what is happening can be found at www.guatadopt.com
Within our agency there were some phone calls that were being made today to deal with the upcoming effects of this move my the Guatemalen president. Phone calls that we were hoping to be apart of. We did not recieve one of those calls.

This move by the president could mean a few different things for Tera and I:

1. The adoption laws could change and it would affect us in a big way or not.

2. The president could back-pedal and it might not be as big a deal.

3. Our adoption process for a girl from Guatemala would be done, period.

Of course there might be more scenarios out there but these are the ones that are evident to me at the moment.

So many things are at play here. I know that people are scrambling and calls are being made and we sit here motionless. The president of Guatemala is allegedly being motivated by the almighty dollar in an election year by organizations such as UNICEF to put adoptions on a shelf. Tera and I are sooooo close to possibly recieving a referral and here we sit.

I am not a father but I long to be one day soon. It destroys me inside to know that the worst case scenario could bring us to the end of the road in our adoption process and in turn could take away the opportunity for Tera and I to be parents.

The jury is still out and we don't know what this all means but I ask that for those who read my little blog to pray for Tera and I and the situation that is brewing in Guatemala. Please keep a place in your prayers for those other families that are in the same or similar situation like us. Pray that the Lord shows his favor on us and hears the cries of our hearts.

Thanks for reading and I will post again when I can.

Gracias