Yesterday we received an email from our agency, confirming what we had already assumed about the new legislation in Guatemala. 1) The laws in Guatemala regarding international adoption will be changing in order to be consistent with the Hague Convention. 2) Those exact changes and the timeline on which they will be implemented is unknown. (We hear that the Guatemalan Congress is working on new laws, and that the legislation announced from the First Lady's office last week may have been meant to increase pressure on that process.) 3) Our agency has stopped giving referrals until details regarding the changes are known.
It appears that all cases in process are continuing to be processed as usual until the details regarding the changes are published. We hope to hear an update on our specific case soon. Please continue to pray for wisdom to construct the new laws, for the best interests of the children to be paramount in the process, and for creativity as the Congress tries to keep the good parts of their adoption process while closing the loopholes on the bad.
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Arg! How frustrating! We'll be praying for you guys. So when are you going to post your GusVideo on YouTube? :)
YouTube seems a little too public for our son to be starring in minus informed consent (can you tell where I work?), but we do have a CD version that we can loan around. If you want to see Gus wiggle, let us know and we'll make sure you do.
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