Just finished reading an e-mail from our adoption agency. They have put Vietnam adoptions on hold temporarily due to a new report written by ISS (International Social Services) about adoption practices in Vietnam. As I previously wrote, our agency has already closed Vietnam to new applicants however, they had wanted to get everybody who had already applied home with children before Vietnam closed to make some needed policy revisions. Our agency is waiting to see how the Canadian government is going to respond to this new report before deciding on whether to complete adoptions for already waiting families.
The not knowing is very frustrating to waiting families. Of course I realize that proper procedures and practices need to be followed. And it is our humanitarian duty to ensure that children are protected. But as a prospective adoptive parent I can tell you that the hard part is the waiting to find out what is going to happen, especially with the Christmas holidays upon us. I just hope a decision does not take too long.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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