We have an important prayer request. We woke up this morning with some disturbing news from the President of Kenya, and we're not sure how it will affect us.
As of today, Kenya has declared a stop to all foreign adoptions because of concerns of child trafficking.
I've talked to our lawyer's office; nobody is really sure what this means. Our lawyer thinks this includes our adoption, but the partner's understanding is that because we are Kenyan residents, and ours is a local adoption, that this won't affect us in the long run. We just can't be sure of anything right now. Nobody is sure of anything right now.
We knew going into this that there were no guarantees. We totally believe God wanted us to love Chloe unconditionally and whole-heartedly trusting Him with our own hearts; this is what we are still doing. Love takes risks, and it casts out fear; it does not bury its head in the sand, though.
We have been advised by our lawyer to just keep plugging along on all our paper work - so family, we still need those consent forms - there will be a lot of political backlash on the president because he's basically come out and yanked the licenses of all the lawyers and adoption agencies, accusing every children's home, lawyer, and adoption agency that handles international adoptions of child trafficking. We have to just wait and see how things play out.
It is possible, however, that in a few hours, Jedidah (the director of the children's home Chloe comes from) will call us and tell us she has to take Chloe back to the children's home for the time being. We just don't know.
Please pray for our situation with Chloe. We love her, and we will continue to love her. Our total confidence is in the fact that God loves us, and He loves her. Our desire is to be able to make her a permanent part of our family; we know that is a godly desire, but we also know we have to entrust our future and Chloe's future to God's perfect plan. So, we go on in hope - through tears - through uncertainty - through prayer...
We are not the only family possible affected by this. We have two very dear friend also in the process of adoption. One family was just getting ready to set their court date; that will most likely be postponed for an undefined period of time. This is very difficult for them because they are planning to leave Kenya permanently in the next year or two. Another family is infertile and had just been placed with a beautiful baby boy whom they love dearly. Please pray for these families and other families stuck in this no-man's-land of political maneuvering. .
You know, it's frustrating. Child traffickers are not going to stop doing what they are doing. There are over 2,000,000 abandoned and orphaned children in Kenya. As a general rule, Kenyans don't adopt. I said, general rule. This ruling is not going to help the children of Kenya. There is so much sex trafficking and child trafficking done within the borders of Kenya - without the child ever leaving the country. *Sigh*
Your prayers are coveted.
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