Regarding the gender issue.......The latest is that my agency has started receiving dossiers back, as of today I think that is 5 or 6. I was selfishly hoping that the dossiers that came back requested girls but that is not the case. Sorry ya'll. There is no news where my dossier is, I can only HOPE that it has already been assigned a region and someone failed to tell me??
I was devastated this morning when I looked at blogs and several families have dropped out of the Kaz program. What is Kaz thinking? What will this mean to those 100,000 orphans waiting? Wouldn't having us send an extra paper saying that we don't have a gender preference have been a much better solution? Now every dossier will have to be redone that stated a gender request and resubmitted to Kaz. For me there is also the looming threat that Kaz will ban singles from adopting as did China a couple of years ago.
If anyone has any ideas.....I am open to suggestions! It breaks my heart to truly have to even think about a plan B. My heart is in Kazakhstan with my boy...or girl if that's what Kaz wants to hear!!
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It's just such a hard time in Kaz adoption...the uncertainty is difficult to deal with. We are definitely considering Plan B...or a concurrent plan but won't decide until after our agency meets with the Kaz Embassy next Friday. The other rumor that we don't like at all is that they will change the age ranges acceptable for dossiers...
I am thinking about you & Sam. I am sending all my positive thoughts your way. I am praying that your dossier has already been assigned a region.
It makes absolutely no sense to start the process over when the change needed could be fixed in a short amount of time. I just don't understand. I can't see the whole picture or the sense of it!!!
Sam can be a girls name too!!!!
Hi Lisa, I know what you mean - but for us we needed to make some decisions that would (at least make us feel) we were making “something” happen! But jumping the fence to domestic certainly isn't easy, well except for the paper work - that seems to be a breeze. The emotional ups and downs are really under estimated. For example, we need to complete forms that state what we would or would not accept! - Go figure when international adoption, you just show up and pray your child is healthy. There are definitely pros and cons. My experience so far has the potential to reveal the not so good parts of adoption. I do feel a bit more guarded then I did before. But with that said, I feel our new found hope and being able to participate more in the process does allow up to feel more engaged…And to be honest, for the first time… I actually feel very close to finding Evan or “Eva” :)
Your hope and determination will bring Sam home. Follow your heart and when needed stand up and pave your pathway!
Danny and Kari
....me again, I also wanted to let you know, we are still in the program - I told Jeff to consider us "removed" when you have the dossier in hand. So we haven't officially dropped out.
..as we all know, - you never know.. what could happen :)
Take care, Kari and Danny
Ugh! Sorry to hear this...I was hoping that your agency was jumping the gun on this one. Still hoping that you're at MOE in some region!! Does this mean updating your homestudy? Any chance that you'd consider moving to a smaller agency in hopes that they could move you through a bit quicker? I admire your commitment to Kaz...as will Sam!!
Quaintance
What I find shocking is that your agency has NO IDEA where your dossier is. I knew where my Kaz dossier was EVERY DAY after it left my hands. It's their coordinator who takes it from place to place. Make them find out where it is!!!!!!!!!!
My thoughts and prayers are with you and Sam.
Laura
PS Have you researched Russia?
I know of a couple using Aurora who just had their dossier returned with no explanation. They don't know what to do.
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