We got the email we have been waiting for! All the Burji children have been released. Our agency appealed directly to the Minister of Women, Children, and Youth Affairs, and she stepped in and ordered the regional and local government to stop illegally holding our children. Five weeks after our court date, the children are finally on their way to Addis. "Relief" does not begin to describe what I'm feeling.
In terms of when we can bring the kids to the United States, the estimate is the same as it's been, two to four months. When the boys arrive in Addis, the countdown can finally begin!
Yay!!!!!!!
YAHOOOO!!!! Amazing news!! Let the countdown begin!
ReplyDeleteYay! Thank you!
DeleteWhooo hooo! Please know that the happy dance in celebration of this news has now gone global. I am overjoyed for you. I hope you are celebrating.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, we're heading out the door to a celebratory dinner!
DeleteWonderful news! I'm so happy for you guys!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!
DeleteHonestly, I think the wait until embassy will be easier on you than most because of what you have already waited through ... I would have been neurotic over the prior situation.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope so. Although if you think I haven't been neurotic, you are sadly mistaken.
DeleteThis is the best news I've heard in a very long time. May you travel soon to bring them home!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope so!
DeleteHUGE sigh of relief. I am so very happy for you all. Now, move to your new city, fly to Addis, meet your boys and settle in. =)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Meg! I feel fifty pounds lighter than I did yesterday.
DeleteWe're not moving yet (would have to redo homestudy!). We're trying to figure out the best timing.
So glad this is finally resolved! Now on to the next step until you can finally hold them forever!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Liz!
DeleteI am so glad. SO GLAD! Wonderful news.
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!!
DeleteExcellent news! Can I say excellent timing...you have a long weekend to celebrate! =)
ReplyDeleteThank you! (Actually I work on Monday. But I'm definitely celebrating!)
DeleteGreat news, Kyra!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shannon!
DeleteI'm so, so, SO happy for you that this process is finally moving again! What a crazy time for all of you.
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing is, now that it's resolved I've gone from "I'm so stressed out!" to "five week delay, that's not such a big deal." Funny what hindsight does.
DeleteI'm so so happy to hear this! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteSo happy for your family! Guess I've got to get that box of boys clothes that's been sitting on the arm of our couch for a few weeks in the mail. Congratulations - only one more step!
ReplyDeleteThank you! We're so close now!
DeleteWhat wonderful news. Congratulations.
ReplyDeletep.s. We just brought home our 5 (or 6???) year-old son, and have I told you how helpful some of your Amharic resources have been? That command chart - lifesaver! I laminated it and put it in my Amharic "book." Thank you so much (again)
Oh, I cannot even IMAGINE what a weight must have felt like it rolled off your shoulders when you got that news. So glad it's finally underway!
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