Daniel made it home safe on Saturday afternoon! Man, does he have stories to tell! Maybe I can get him to blog about his experience....maybe all of you should tell him you want to hear it so that he will :)
Although we were hoping for more to be able to be accomplished before he left Haiti, we are thankful for the progress that was made. Here's the short of it:
Bobby picked up Ooley on Saturday before lunch time and will continue to to care for him until able to place him in Chances For Children, the Creche (adoptable orphanage). Bobby will be our voice and the person able to help meet with anyone needed and take Ooley wherever necessary. Bobby called Daniel this morning and said that Ooley is happy and was eating breakfast and enjoying playing with Bobby's nephew. It's good to know that Ooley will be fed and taken care of from here out!
Expected to happen today, Ooley's birth mom will be meeting with Madam Lucine in the courts to sign some documents to relinquish her rights. Then she will need to meet with Chances For Children and their attorneys as well. Ooley's official birth certificate, the relinquish papers from the birth mother, and the death certificate of the birth father must all be gathered before we are able to move Ooley to CFC and start the adoption process. Please pray that all documents are easily acquired and that the birth mom will be easy to work with as well.
We will be needing to travel to Haiti quite a bit during this process, but Bobby has already been and will continue to be a great help! If you have any fundraising ideas, please contact me via email at amber@salonendeavor.com . We have been told the rough estimate will be $25,000 for the adoption, not including all this preliminary stuff or our travel. Of course we are believing that this process will go way faster than the 12-18 months they say, and way less expensive than they say as well. But these are the facts at the current time and we'll let you know when we hear otherwise.
No comments:
Post a Comment