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Living in Honduras for the past 8 years has been an amazing adventure. People often ask me what's a normal day like for me. Well, there is nothing normal about any day of my family's life in Honduras. It's an adventure. I hope to be able to share some of our daily adventures and experiences through this blog. Enjoy!

Thursday, October 09, 2008

My Sunshine. Sol


Do you know my little girl Sol? If not, you ought to! Well, if you are not aware of our situation, we have been trying to adopt her since she was 2 months old. That’s when she came to bless out lives. Well, it’s been a long road. Sol is now 5 ½. It’s been a true test of our faith that God could make this happen. Adoptions in Honduras are not easy and International Adoptions are even harder. In July of this year Ally and I had to undergo 2 days of interviews and testing at the Honduras Child Protective Services office in the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa (IHNFA). Though the questions were very odd, it seemed to go well. All that was lacking was a visit to our home by the government psychologist and social worker from the capital. Last Thursday we sent someone to pick them up and bring them to our house (the government does not have the budget to provide transportation) we also had to provide lunch. Anyhow at our house the psychologist went into Sol’s room and shut the door and began to ask questions. It crossed both mine and ally’s minds to perhaps coach Sol on things she should say but that would have been a train wreck with a 5 year old, so we turned it over to God. After about an hour the two ladies left and that was that. Today I got a call from our lawyer who is handling the adoption and she gave me an update from the government officials from last week. She said, “They loved your house, they loved Sol, Sol is great, they could not ask for a better home, and Sol could not be in a better place!” Praise God! We think that the end is near. The case should go to a committee at the first of November for the adoption to be approved by Child Protective Services and then it’s off to the judge to finalize everything. If you have been praying for us, Thanks a lot! If not, we ask you to please join us in praying for the finalization of this adoption. Thanks. Jarrod & Ally.

4 Comments:

At 5:02 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, Sol is 'sunshine'. I too praise God for this latest news. Jarrod, your words are always fresh and humorous and touching... thanks, judy

 
At 8:12 PM, Blogger Rebecca said...

finally! it'll all be done. praise God!

 
At 9:52 PM, Blogger The Cox Family said...

That is so awesome! We'll be praying and I'll be telling everyone to pray!

 
At 10:34 PM, Blogger Mommy said...

Jarrod, That is awesome news. I know how awful those interviews can be. We've been through that a time or two in our family. God bless. We will be praying for a speedy finalization!

Becky Courington (Rich Quinn's daughter)

 

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