This sounds positive Kelly What's your take on it? I'm new to the board and am learning the process.

Kelly,

Thank you for your post.

When I read reports, I feel unsure about my English.

Did I understand right that the USA will join the Hague Convention in the future and at the same time check that the adoptions between USA and Guatemala will still go fast?

If this is so, that would likely sound like for ex. Colombia a couple of years ago. It could be possible but for how long? Adoptions in Colombia became long and I've heard that the goal is that the number of adoptions there will become smaller and smaller and practically desappear. That is what most of the countries that have signed the Convention have lived...

Thanks for your reply in advance. I might be wrong, but it looks like things don't look absolutely set yet. What do you think?

Manuela

i still dont see where they done any good by going. we wanted help from the us embassy to get the dna authorizations and pink slips moving. i know things need changing but they need to bring the babies homes that are waiting.

I think we need to wait and see on the effect of this trip. What really matters is what pressure the US is putting on Guat as it relates to reforming the system and becoming Hague compliant. While the immediate needs of families who are waiting is important to those impacted, the most important thing is that future kids are not going to lose their opportunity to join a family, especially when this could be done to "protect" them. I do not mean to sound insensative about the stress related to delays, but I think the larger picture is what is most important.

Is anyone aware of when the updated Valladeres Law is scheduled for discussion in the Guatemalan Congress? Additionally, when will the proposed law be put up for a vote? Can anyone recommend a website that reports this type of information?

Much Thanks ... Dave

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ONLY AFTER 2 WEEKS MY BABY IS OUT OF THE PGN!!!! WE SHOULD BE TRAVELING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO GET HER. SHE WILL BE 5 MONTHS OLD WHEN WE GO GET HER. WHEN WE EXCEPTED OUR REFERRAL IT WAS BACK AT THE END OF OCT. SO IT SEEMS THINGS ARE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. IT HAS ONLY TAKE A TOTAL OF 4 MONTH FOR OUR PROCESS FROM REFERRAL TO FINISH. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GO AND GET OUR BABY GIRL. OUR AGENCY WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT SHE WAS COMING OUT SO QUICKLY. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY ARE PROCESS THE CHILDREN VERY FAST IN THE PGN. GOOD LUCK TO ALL.

Congrats, congrats, Congrats...we too have unofficial word (apparently the file is awaiting signature) that we are on our way out after 4 weeks in pgn for the second time. Good luck!!!!

Congrats, congrats, Congrats...we too have unofficial word (apparently the file is awaiting signature) that we are on our way out after 4 weeks in pgn for the second time. Good luck!!!!

I have been in PGN since July 2003!! Our referall was Sept. 2002. Why is everyone getting out of PGN before us????

I understand your frustration, we accepted the referral for our daughter at 3 wks old, and she will be a year old the day before easter, in about a week. I don't think I have ever felt such utter despair in my life. I know there are families who have waited longer, and families who have waited less, but this is the truth of my experience. Our agency treats us like we are pests when we ask for updates, answers only half our questions and has begun to pretty much ignore us. We are their oldest case, and utterly powerless to do anything but wait and pray. I am envious of the families who have gone through the process so much more quickly than we have, while still being happy for them. I can accept that it is not an issue of fairness (clearly, it is not) but a matter of case-by-case happenstance. I don't believe it has anything to do with money, i.e. cases going through quickly because money has 'changed hands'. Perhaps that is why it feels so infuriatingly hopeless, because it is an intangible 'thing' beyond our control, and nothing we can do (I and my family) will speed it up.

I sincerely hope the next time I post here it will be to say that we, also, are being united with our daughter. I wish the best of luck to each of you still waiting, and congratulate each of you now with your precious little ones.