Resolution

IHNFA is on strike! What does that mean? Well, the Honduran federal agency which handles international adoptions is on strike because their workers have not been paid in 3 months. This effects our adoption process in that everything is at a standstill until IHNFA resolves their grievances. This effects our lives in that we continue to live in limbo...we missed our annual church couple's retreat because we thought we might need to be in Honduras; we are unable to plan for the holidays because we might need to be in Honduras; Mi Corazon, Reyes, continues working, without a break, to save his vacation for the adoption process; however, he must use his vacation before January or he loses it; our finances are monitored very closely in preparation for the call to come to Honduras; we had to be re-fingerprinted by immigration because our fingerprints expired this month; we have to complete an addendum to our home study and request an extension from immigration because our original visa pre-approval (I-171H/I-600 A) expires in February 2012. But most devastating is that we have not planned a desperately needed trip to visit our family in Honduras, because we were expecting to be called to Honduras for the adoption process and could not afford the extra expense and/or be away from our jobs for an extra trip.

So, we finally had THE TALK! What are we going to do about this situation---the IHNFA strike which could last “indefinitely,” per latest news reports? Well, we are going to do what we did last year!!! I am going back to Honduras for SPRING BREAK again in 2012, but this time....GUESS who is going with me??? MI CORAZON, REYES!!!!!

Since starting the adoption process in January 2009, we have not traveled together to Honduras. This meant spending holidays apart and we even spent our 10 year wedding anniversary apart! Not this trip...we are going to plan a wonderful vacation and we are going to have a great time! We deserve it...We ALL deserve it! So, kids...we are coming to see you...and we have a date that you can mark on the calendar. I read a quote today related to adoption expenses, “Plan for the high costs and hope for low ones!” (Laura-a mommy who adopted from Honduras last year)...Well, Laura, I am taking your great advise and applying it to our current situation “Plan for Spring Break and hope for sooner!”

Learn from the past, work for the present and plan for the future! The Bible says; “Those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.” Proverbs 14:22