Sunday, February 6, 2011

Sad news, hope for this week

It is sad news that we have found out last week.  Verlande's mother caught cholera two weeks ago, and died last week.  It makes my heart heavy to think that Verlande will not be able to go to her mother ever, to ever return to Haiti, if we are able to adopt her, and ever talk with her mother.  That option will be gone for her.  Ryan's birth mom died when he was five, so he will have this in common with Verlande. 

We are hopeful that this week on Tuesday, Verlande's dad will meet with our lawyer as planned, to deliver the death certificate/copy at the courthouse.  This "should" make possible Verlande to be relinquished to Eliette for temporary custody, so that we can adopt from her.  This would be a HUGE development for us this week.  We can only pray and trust that we will continue to be led closer to Verlande.

We watched a short DVD on the movie Dandelion Dust this weekend.  It was written by a woman who adopted 3 Haitian boys, as well as had 2 birth children of our own.  It was good to hear the story, the situation, the blending of adopted and birth children.  We have heard so much negative, it was hopeful to hear the positive. 

We will pray that this week, there will be the official relinquishment by Verlande's father (already done) as well as the death certificate of her mom in courts, so that we can OFFICIALLY proceed.