For the waiting families

Today is a day to be grateful for Akins being home and to take some time to talk about the state of the other adoptions. There have been no children leave Liberia since Akins left on 8/15/07. My child was the catalyst to many changes and tougher rules. Because his case was so unusal and because not all of the paperwork was clear the new consular put many new stipulations in place. As a result the familes and more importantly the children that I had the joy of playing with, holding, hugging, dancing and laughing with are all still there. I am sorry for these changes and wish I could do something to change things. The families are beside themselves and are fighting a very tough battle. Families are taking control of their adoptions by directly dealing with government agencies, congressmen, senators and represenatives as well as directly gathering information from the Embassy in Liberia. Because these woman have become educated, tough and vigilant in their efforts, finally things are beginning to look optimistic these women should be proud of their fight but, until all of the children identified on this blog are home our journey is far from complete. Please I ask that regardless of how you pray or to whom you pray that you do it now for the following families and children:

Karen and Family - Ishamel and Angeline (Diamond)
Shelby and Lori - Gormah and Kuker
Sharon - Jemama and Princess
Jessica and Family - Florence and Diamond
Patricia - Alomiza
Jackie and Family - Jacob and Mardia

There are many others - for which I also have special places in my heart that I have not mentioned and in some cases they are related to the children above. In all cases they are friends and have lived as family, they too need to come home very soon!

Sue and Heather we are soooo lucky!