We knew this little guy was one-of-a-kind. His process is just confirming it.
This new documentation that is being requested must come from regional MOWCA (in Addis Ababa). We received regional approval in November 2015 from Addis MOWCA because Tyson is currently living in Addis. However, he was born in southern Ethiopia (a different region). Typically when kids are transferred from one region to another, how our agency did the paperwork is how it is supposed to be done. However, this particular expert wants Addis MOWCA to give more clarity about why they issued the regional approval rather than Tyson's birth region (which I'm not disclosing on purpose). There is documentation in our paperwork that lends toward these answers, but with the current guideline & staff changes, we believe our expert was just trying to be hyper vigilant.
It is important to note this new regional MOWCA tends to be a bit slow (might be an under statement😁). But, we have full confidence in our agency that they are doing everything to get this matter taken care of as quickly as possible. Once we get this new document, our case will go back to our expert in Federal MOWCA, and then we will have to wait (again) for that one last recommendation letter.
Thank you for continuing to pray for this new explanation for the expert and for that final (positive) recommendation letter. I'll keep you posted....
Until he's home.
Still praying. JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL
ReplyDeleteHi there - I am so happy to find your blog as my husband and I are still waiting for our referral for Ethiopia and found out from our agency (Adoption Avenues) about the MOWA "reorg" that shifts everyone handling adoptions over to their other youth services department within MOWA. So it doesn't sound like they necessarily lost their jobs, just got transferred and all new staff which, like you said, had to get retrained.
ReplyDeleteIf I may ask, what agency are you going through? I see in your "About Me" that it took 4+ years to get your referral, is that correct or did something happen in between? Our dossier arrived in Addis at the end of December, and that was right during the time that all the violence was going on in Addis and Oromia (you did hear about that, correct?) where over 150 people were killed.
What a wild ride this is, eh?
Aimee
www.theecofeminist.com
Aimee,
DeleteHey! Sorry I just saw your post! I hate I didn't reply sooner. You are correct, we waited from July 9, 2010 (when dossier was translated & officially waiting) until April 20, 2015 for a referral. We were open to either gender aged 0-7years. We are with Bethany. Nothing happened in that time... Just waiting & keeping paperwork up-to-date. We are likely going to hit six years in process before he's home. My email is carriemckeehan@gmail.com. Feel free to communicate privately (& more quickly)there!