I have been waiting to write this post until I was comfortable enough with this decision to put it into words. We have decided not to renew with the new Imagine for various reasons. A major factor was our decision to begin an adoption from Haiti late this summer. We initially intended to proceed with both countries, but have now settled on Haiti alone.
We feel we have come full circle, since Haiti was our first country of choice, however, at the time we began our adoption, we did not meet the country's requirement of being married for 10 years. So this summer, when our adoption practitioner mentioned that there were 12 baby boys waiting for families in Haiti, we re-assessed our situation and discovered that we will have been married for 10 years by the time we get to court. We realize the risk in starting all over again, and it is a calculated one, however, the risk is no greater than proceeding with Ethiopia, either. We have learned the very hard way that there is no guarantee in International adoption.
On a lighter note, we LOVE everything about the orphanage we are adopting from. We are doing this adoption privately right from the orphanage. Which means, we work directly with them, with no facilitator in between. We are very confident in the people running this orphanage and are so happy to have access to information, pictures and videos along the way. I have posted a video at the bottom of this blog from Haiti Children's Home. If you have ever considered adoption, please watch the video with an open heart, as the majority of the children currently residing in the home need forever families!
I want to thank everyone again for your loving support on this journey.
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