The bad news first: We do not yet have the needed Mowa/Ministry letter. Imagine's Ethiopia rep attended court on our behalf this morning and the judge said that we do not yet have the necessary support letter.
But...and here's the promising news...
The judge did not set another court date for us, which would have been another four or six weeks away from now. Instead, she's just waiting for the mowa letter before issuing the adoption order. It sounds like it's a fait accompli (I sure hope I'm using those words correctly), and that it's 'simply' a matter of the judge waiting for mowa's letter. According to Imagine's rep, mowa staff has been working hard all weekend, processing files and starting to clear some of the backlog that has been accumulated during the past couple of weeks of system chaos and upheaval; the rep is hopeful that our letter will be written this week yet. I don't know how realistic that is, but my guess is that if mowa deals with files on a chronological basis (according to when families had court dates), and if they keep ploughing through files and writing letters, it may yet happen this week. Apparently, for the past number of days, mowa has been issuing many more than five letters per day. This is all good news for us.
So, after a night's anxiety of waiting for news, it seems like we have a little more waiting to do. But, pending any more obstacles or other shoes to drop, it appears that we're headed in the right direction.
Ruth,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that the news wasn't all bad (although it wasn't quite what you were hoping for). I'm praying that the letter gets written SOON!!! You are in my thoughts.
Thanks for the update! I was wondering about the outcome while getting ready for the day...hoping your letter is indeed written this week!
ReplyDeleteSuch good news after the last couple of weeks (of course the best news will be when you announce they are legally yours)!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update Ruth. I will pray that the letter is received soon. Looking forward to hearing the good news officially.
ReplyDeleteWell...sounds hopeful! They've got to run outta red tape eventually right?
ReplyDeleteConsidering all the up and down we been through since our trip in Ethiopia last month, I am very happy to see some light coming up. Let pray that our letters come very soon so we can celebrate the arrival of our children.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update. You are getting so close now.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see your children in your arms!
I am cheering you on,
Kelly
This is good news, not the news we were all hoping for but good news nonetheless. You will be in my prayers that that you hear you've passed very, very soon!
ReplyDeleteThinking of you!
Michelle
Hi Ruth. The same thing happened to us when we visited for our court date in February. We were not given a new court date, and were phoned by our agency 1 week later (3 days after we arrived home) to say that we had passed! It would have been nice to celebrate with our child there in Ethiopia, but with all the uncertainty right now, we will take it!
ReplyDeleteSo, it sounds pretty positive to me!
Congrats!
J.
this sounds good to me! of course i was hoping and praying for the finality of being DONE and the kids moving to the transition home..but it DOES sound like MOWA is moving on things, so I am so so hopeful that you will hear very shortly that things are finalized! darci
ReplyDeleteOh, I know someone else this has happened to recently! Really really glad for you - this is the second-best news you could have gotten! Just one more thing.... so nearly there!
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely a step in the right direction! So pleased to hear they did not set another court date. You and your family will remain in my thoughts until we hear the magical words :)
ReplyDeleteLike that the steps are going in the right direction!!!! so excited for you!
ReplyDeleteSandie
Hoping that your letter comes very soon and you can start the next part of this journey!
ReplyDeletealicia
Phew! At least things are moving in the right direction!
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