THE INTERVIEW IS DONE!!!

I just heard from our agency and they said the interview is over and the birth mother did very well! I am so glad!!! Now I can go see my girl with this burden lifted!!!

They do not know when PGN will start to approve or release cases. I am praying that it is soon!

Thank you Lord for answering our prayers!!!

Please Pray!!!

PGN has decided to do interviews with all the birth mothers of the children who are in process. There were 25 interviews done Thursday and more on Friday. From what I've heard, they've all gone pretty well.

We were informed yesterday that our interview will be on Monday. The agency said that the hard part is locating her on such short notice. The mother, attorney, foster mother, and baby will be present at the interview. If all goes well, there is a very big chance we will be approved and OUT of PGN for good next week!!!

As you can imagine, I'm very nervous about this. Especially about the mother seeing Kya. I couldn't imagine having to go through what she will on Monday. I am praying that everything goes smooth and we can bring her home soon. I am also praying for the birth mother, that she will have comfort in her decision.

It would be great to visit Kya knowing she was legally ours!!!

Please keep us, Kya, and her birth mother in your prayers! Also pray that the people conducting the interviews will treat these women with respect. (As they have NOT done in the past)

Just got News!!!

There is a parent who is a member of a forum I belong to. She got to attend the meeting at PGN. First off, let me explain that one of the main concerns that PGN has is about illegal adoptions. Where the child is stolen or where the attorney pays someone off to approve a case quickly. In the middle of the corruption are the legal cases that get held up because of these people taking advantage of the system. At the meeting the attorneys told PGN that they realize that some cases involved corruption but ALL cases should NOT be delayed due to other attys who are KNOWN TO BE CORRUPT. The heads of PGN agreed that these attys who are corrupt are known so, and they will do the following:

Criminal charges will be filed against those attys that they know are corrupt. That investigation will be separate from the in process files getting completed.

This way those corrupt attys, no longer make it difficult for those legitimate cases to get approved.

They said that cases will be approved in a timely manner for now on.

Investigations will be done on cases that existed the PGN very quickly.


So far this sounds VERY GOOD!!!!!

MEETING AT PGN

The President of Guatemala replaced the guy who signs cases OUT of PGN and now PGN is at a standstill! There is a meeting at PGN going on right now! There are all kinds of rumors flying around. One is that they will be auditing cases at PGN (which may take forever!), and the other is that the audit will be of the reviewers at PGN and once they get the new staff trained, things will speed up! I am praying for the last one. This is a very BIG deal! I will post soon as I hear something.

I AM GOING TO VISIT KYA!!!

We discussed it and feel that one of us needs to go spend some time with Kya. She will be one in June and it looks like we won't be bringing her home before then. I will be traveling May 17th-20th. I'm meeting a friend who will also be visiting her daughter. I've already started to pack and repack, and pack again. (And the packing will continue untill the day before I fly out.)

I am so excided!

Here's the news...

A lot is going on right now.

#1---I called 2 days ago and we are still with the 2nd reviewer. At least we aren't kicked out!

#2---The President of Guatemala appointed a new Attorney General (the guy who is over PGN). But he has filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court to keep the position. Even though this man does not sign our OUT, he is the boss of the guy that approves cases in PGN. There are rumors that this new battle at PGN will slow things down. But who knows, maybe they will get there act together and speed things up! That's what I'm hoping for.

#3---For some INSANE reason, I for get to get the extension on our I171H! Which is the approval we need to bring a foreign baby into the country! It expires on May 3rd and we cannot get a new one! I have been a madwoman getting everything we need together to make this happen. I have written a leter to the USCIS requesting the extension. Written multiple senators asking for them to pull any weight they can for us, and they have! Then yesterday, an officer from INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) called me to give me a heads up that we will need an updated homestudy (even though ours does not expire for 6 months). So I contacted our social worker and she got the updated home study together while I was on the phone! I was able to get an appointment at the USCIS on Thursday (tomorrow). I am bringing everything I need to request the extension to them in person. Wow that was close! God is on our side!!!

PGN Status...

I called PGN again last Friday and was told that we went to the 1st reviewer on 3/27. I don't think it's possible to move backwards in PGN, so someone must have made a mistake. So, I called back Monday 4/14, and was told that we are with the 2nd reviewer. I'm just going to stay possitive and hope they have the right info.

I'm guessing we have another 3 weeks in PGN before we hear if we're out.

Praying hard for an OUT!!!