What's new? A ton!
Today seems like a mammoth day in the life of our adoption process. We received "the letter" yesterday from the Warsaw agency. This time the director's problem is with the guy that did our home study and with the US agency that wrote the recommendation letter for us, making us eligible to adopt internationally. The Warsaw agency director stated that the gentleman that did our home study was not licensed and thus we are not eligible. She further proposed that this matter be turned over to the government...to the ministry of work and social politics (the ministry that oversees her agency).
I say that today is a big day because the kids' case worker is meeting with the judge this afternoon. Honestly we see only two courses of action: (1) the judge make a decision or (2) everything go to the government level. There is nothing else that could possibly be gained by going back to this same agency. Even if we were to do everything over (crazy...absolutely crazy) it is unthinkable to consider that she would change her mind about us. It's too obvious that she has other motives.
The other option, sending our case to the ministry, seems like it could really be a bad move. This wing of government is responsible for setting up these public adoption agencies in Warsaw who hold the responsibility (again, given by the Polish govt) to qualify prospective adoptive parents and then make matches between those parents and kids. It seems unlikely that they would rule against one of the two directors in the country which they have endorsed....especially when they are so completely disconnected from the reality of our situation (they don't know us, the kids, their case worker....no one).
By the time any of you read this it will be likely that we'll already have some word back from the meeting today with the judge. I just felt like writing this morning as I've been sitting here at my desk looking this letter over and over for awhile. I continue to be shocked at how someone can fabricate such ridiculous lies in order to ruin other peoples' lives like this...no heart, no regard for anyone, no ethics. It's sad...sad for her that her life is like that and sad for all of us b/c we all feel so helpless.
After we got this news yesterday and Vicki and I were talking about it all I was reminded of so much of Jesus' teachings on the Kingdom in Mt 5-7...how God cares so much for the birds of the air and the lilies of the field and how, if that is true, He cares for us all the more! We are not assured of a good outcome in this. But we are assured the we are not alone. We are assured that our Abba is with us, strengthens us, fights for us, and will comfort us if that is needed.
What a day.
I say that today is a big day because the kids' case worker is meeting with the judge this afternoon. Honestly we see only two courses of action: (1) the judge make a decision or (2) everything go to the government level. There is nothing else that could possibly be gained by going back to this same agency. Even if we were to do everything over (crazy...absolutely crazy) it is unthinkable to consider that she would change her mind about us. It's too obvious that she has other motives.
The other option, sending our case to the ministry, seems like it could really be a bad move. This wing of government is responsible for setting up these public adoption agencies in Warsaw who hold the responsibility (again, given by the Polish govt) to qualify prospective adoptive parents and then make matches between those parents and kids. It seems unlikely that they would rule against one of the two directors in the country which they have endorsed....especially when they are so completely disconnected from the reality of our situation (they don't know us, the kids, their case worker....no one).
By the time any of you read this it will be likely that we'll already have some word back from the meeting today with the judge. I just felt like writing this morning as I've been sitting here at my desk looking this letter over and over for awhile. I continue to be shocked at how someone can fabricate such ridiculous lies in order to ruin other peoples' lives like this...no heart, no regard for anyone, no ethics. It's sad...sad for her that her life is like that and sad for all of us b/c we all feel so helpless.
After we got this news yesterday and Vicki and I were talking about it all I was reminded of so much of Jesus' teachings on the Kingdom in Mt 5-7...how God cares so much for the birds of the air and the lilies of the field and how, if that is true, He cares for us all the more! We are not assured of a good outcome in this. But we are assured the we are not alone. We are assured that our Abba is with us, strengthens us, fights for us, and will comfort us if that is needed.
What a day.
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3:13 AM
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