Sad news to report...

Sad, disappointed, angry, confused...none of these adjectives do justice to describe just how we are feeling today. On Tuesday, we received a phone call from our coordinator. She said, "I have some disappointing news for you regarding delays at the Consulate." My stomach dropped, and I sat down. She went on to explain that a consular official had confirmed with our agency their intentions to temporarily suspend the processing and forwarding of dossiers to Kazakhstan. They gave no reasons or time frame for a possible lift of this suspension. Later, the Department of State issued the following official statement:

"The Department of State has been informed that the Embassy of Kazakhstan is conducting a review of current procedures regarding inter country adoptions. The Embassy will not process new adoption dossiers until that review is completed. We have offered to assist the Embassy with its efforts to ensure that adoptions from Kazakhstan to the United States are conducted in a transparent, serious and honest process. It is not known at this time how long this review will require."

Needless to say, we were devastated. She sent us the following link on Thursday: "Yesterday I listened to a radio talk show that discussed the latest information known on what is going with the process of adoptions Kazakhstan. Please feel free to log onto the Internet at the link below and list yourself (discussion is the first ½ of the show To listen to the show go to the radio page and click play."
http://www.findingyourchild.com/index.php?content=radio_show
Go to archives and click on Adoption 101

The one piece of info that we do know, is that a new Kazakh/US Ambassador is at the embassy conducting this "review." We do not know what specifically he is looking for or why this came about. We can only hope that this will happen quickly, allowing the consulate to reopen for good.

We are numb. Our dossier was supposed to be in country at this point! It is Friday, and we have no news...just speculation. This is excruciating. I was hoping to have a conversation with our coordinator today. Unfortunately, she never called.

We have waited so long, and this news brings up those feelings of loss all over again. I'm sure that there are many other couples wading through the same issues right now. We're so sorry for all of you. We just keep moving to keep the pain and doubt at bay.

We hope to have some positive news to share next week.

Of course, I will be posting an entry and pics about our baby shower. I just need a little time to process this chaos and get my mind in a better place.

Thanks to our family for your love, prayers, and support.