Where to start...
First of all let me show you the cuteness behind all of this:
Precious Etta (Ehitinesh) in the orange and Zoe (Firehiwot) in Dora. :) Evidentally a fav, as she's been in it twice in the few pictures we have of her!!
Etta is 6 and Zoe is 3. This picture was taken in the Wolayta orphanage when we went to visit in June. Etta is very outgoing. She loves people and was hilarious. Even though we didn't speak the same language, she was making us laugh, A LOT. Zoe is pretty quiet and snuggled right into us. I could have stayed there all day with her on my lap.
So, soon after we left them (we were there June 13th) the orphanage they were in was closed. They were moved to another orphanage, without our agencies knowledge, and we had a scarey few days in early July, wondering if they would be found. They were found, and were together with a few other Holt children at another orphanage in the same town. They remained there for several months. We found out in early August that we had passed court, and were so excited. We hadn't passed in June due to some missing paperwork. In early August, we assumed the girls would be moved to Addis any day (which is typical process) and that we would be going to get them within a few months.
Well, obviously this didn't happen. We received picture updates once at the end of June, and they looked OK, but their hair was really messy... My mama heart didn't think my girls were getting very well taken care of.
In late August we found out that the government in the south (where our girls are from) was resisting them being moved, and in fact told our agency they could not move them, despite the fact that we were their guardians! Again, we wait.
Court closed for rainy season from early August until mid October, so we hoped with the court re-opening that we would hear something soon...
First of all let me show you the cuteness behind all of this:
Precious Etta (Ehitinesh) in the orange and Zoe (Firehiwot) in Dora. :) Evidentally a fav, as she's been in it twice in the few pictures we have of her!!
Etta is 6 and Zoe is 3. This picture was taken in the Wolayta orphanage when we went to visit in June. Etta is very outgoing. She loves people and was hilarious. Even though we didn't speak the same language, she was making us laugh, A LOT. Zoe is pretty quiet and snuggled right into us. I could have stayed there all day with her on my lap.
So, soon after we left them (we were there June 13th) the orphanage they were in was closed. They were moved to another orphanage, without our agencies knowledge, and we had a scarey few days in early July, wondering if they would be found. They were found, and were together with a few other Holt children at another orphanage in the same town. They remained there for several months. We found out in early August that we had passed court, and were so excited. We hadn't passed in June due to some missing paperwork. In early August, we assumed the girls would be moved to Addis any day (which is typical process) and that we would be going to get them within a few months.
Well, obviously this didn't happen. We received picture updates once at the end of June, and they looked OK, but their hair was really messy... My mama heart didn't think my girls were getting very well taken care of.
In late August we found out that the government in the south (where our girls are from) was resisting them being moved, and in fact told our agency they could not move them, despite the fact that we were their guardians! Again, we wait.
Court closed for rainy season from early August until mid October, so we hoped with the court re-opening that we would hear something soon...
6 comments:
I love them already and can't wait to get them home!
They are beautiful. We will continue to pray them home and into your arms!
Grr, I want your girls home for you!
Frustrating to say the least. A girlfriend adopted twins from India and the courts closed for 3 months as well. They scrambled to get paperwork in before the closure to no avail. Hang in there! Love the picture. All in God's timing!
We are praying. Love the new pic on the top. I loved how that pic turned out. Especially loved Drews tee he had on. Totally unplanned and so cool
I love that picture, too!! You did such a great job, Susan. :) When I saw it, I immediately thought how cool it would be on my blog!
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