THE END!

It is with sadness, that Kristi, Lilli and I must announce that our adoption process from Vietnam is over. We received an addendum from our agency asking us to sign that we would like to continue the process, but that the likelihood of an adoption being fulfilled is slim. This new addendum would also not hold A_TH liable for the inability to fulfill an adoption. And that we would not receive any refund of expenses (except $1,000 toward another international adoption program). We can not in good conscious sign this.

The agency has continued to tell us that a child is pending. But they have been telling us this for over a year. Although the majority of the delays have been A_TH, the current challenges are government. This means, that even if the agency gave us a referral with a picture tomorrow, and we accepted by making the next (and most substantial) payment, the agency can not guarantee that the adoption would even be recognized by the U.S. So we could end up with a child that we could not bring back to the U.S. We just can't do that.

So we have made the decision to stop. We are not going to start another international program at this time because international adoptions are becoming even more difficult than domestic.

We are going to take some time to pray and seek and most of all move on. We are going to do some renovations on the house, maybe take another vacation, and then begin looking into domestic adoptions. We still see at least a family of four, but it's just not God's time. So keep us in prayer, and we will let you know when we begin anything new.

(I will bring a final wrap up on our experience in the days ahead.)