Administrative Review

Our children had their visa interviews this morning. Unfortunately, their cases have been placed in "administrative review". This is becoming the norm for families adopting from Ghana. Since the National Minister issued a moratorium on all adoptions in April we believe that the U.S. Department of State is respecting the National Minister by asking for a special clearance letter before approving any visas for cases that went to court after the moratorium. Our placement letter was issued before the moratorium but our court date was after. Our lovely congressman, Phil Gingrey, is working on our behalf to find out more. Hopefully, it will not take long and we can get them home soon! Not the news we were hoping for today but God is still in control and we are trusting His perfect timing.

On a separate note, Gabriel seems to be doing much better following his hospital stay last week.  He was admitted on Thursday and diagnosed with Stage 4 malaria.  Apparently, he was quite weak and sick. They treated him with intravenous antibiotics and shots. He has to continue with the shots for a total of 7 days. Unfortunately, the shots are causing his blood sugar to drop. Poor kid has had a pretty rough week. I heard that he was discharged from the hospital and he was "all smiles". Thankfully, he was able to make it to the visa interview early this morning in Ghana. I wish the results were more favorable but at least we are one step closer to bringing them home.

On a positive note, I did get a sweet picture of Debo's growing hair this weekend. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for all your prayers and support. We are very blessed!

Also, sweet Liz has been doing some great cheering this Fall.  The 6th grade Junior Hoya team is winning a lot of games and I'm pretty sure that is because they have the best cheerleaders! ;-)