So around the middle of March Ethiopia stated that they were only going to process 5 adoptions a day. They were doing 50 adoption a day which meant I would get a referral for a child around 8-12 months after my paperwork reached Ethiopia. Well the slow down meant that my adoption could be pushed back up to 4 years before seeing my child's face. I asked my adoption agency if they have any updates from Ethiopia and this is what I was sent.
"So far, we have not witnessed any slow down in processing of the referral or the court hearings. However, there are rumors circulating that MOWA will slow down to 5 cases a day soon (this has been the "threat" all along but it is just now be carried out). We are taking the process day by day to see how it will play out with our future families. We hope to continue to receive MOWA letters in a timely manner after the first court hearing.
We have 4 families traveling in Ethiopia right now and three more that leave this week to meet their kiddos and attend court!"
So in my naive thought process the longer they keep processing 50 a day the shorter my wait will be when they start processing 5 a day. So all in all this is pretty good news. My paper work has been in Ethiopia for almost 6 months now. If the process stays the same then I could get a referral for my baby in a couple of months. This is the only real update I have for now. I will keep checking in monthly with my agency to see when Ethiopia is actually going to slow down.
more later
Jessica
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