A Bevy of Boys: Bad news for Eli

Monday, November 9, 2009

Bad news for Eli

We didn't pass court today, and have been rescheduled for December 10th. Most people are rescheduled for a week or 10 days later, but we got sent to the back of the line. Thankfully, this didn't have anything to do with our particular case, as ours wasn't even heard. The agency in Ethiopia that oversees adoptions, MOWA, is doing some administrative stuff regarding licensing with all the orphanages. So, this pushes our travel into February, assuming we pass on December 10th. Sigh. Poor Eli. Sad us.

4 comments:

KendellNovember 9, 2009 at 2:15 PM
I am so sorry about your delay. It is absolutely heartbreaking to have to wait even longer than you already have. I HATE that this is happening to you and also to Eli. :( He NEEDS to come home!!!
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JocelynNovember 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM
I am so sorry:-( Sending hugs your way.
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one + oneNovember 9, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I am so sorry, Jen. Thinking of your family and hoping the days between now and the date fly by.
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veggiemomNovember 10, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Sorry!!!
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Why Ethiopia?

In Ethiopia, approximately 1 in 10 children die in infancy, and nearly double that number die by their 5th birthday, due to infections, tetanus and diarrhea. Ethiopia is considered the 3rd worst place in the world to be born, better only than Burkina Faso and Djibouti. Of the children who survive, many will lose their mother in childbirth and many more will lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.

As more and more parents die, the capacity of extended family members to take care of orphans shrinks. Ethiopia has reached the breaking point where orphaned children are now forced into the streets, into difficult working conditions and/or into heading their households.

In 2001, 13.2% of the population, 3.8 million children, was orphaned. In comparison, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in 500,000 orphans and the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia resulted in 10,000 orphans. In 2006, American parents adopted only 731 orphans. 3,799,269 orphans remain vulnerable.

(courtesy of www.ethiopianrelief.org)

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