Delays

Up until the point of the court date on March 14, we were expecting delays in the adoption process.  We thought, though, that after the court date it would be mostly smooth sailing until we bring the kids home 8 to 12 weeks later.

Unfortunately, we have had some bad news.  All of the couples that went to court on March 14 were lacking a letter from the Ethiopian Ministry of Women, Youth and Child Affairs that we need to get the court decree that is then sent to the US embassy for approval.  We are waiting now for the Holt lawyer who is working on our behalf to be given a court date to go back to court in hopes that they will have the letter by that date.  Apparently, there is no way to know whether or not that letter has been received by the court prior to court, so it's possible that at the second court date the letter still isn't there and we have to go through the process again.  As of yet, we don't have a second court date for the lawyer.  I guess one blessing is we don't have to appear again in court.

Our agency isn't able to give us any definitive answers about how long the delay will be so we have nothing to do but try and be patient and wait.