Late last week, we received word from another family who was waiting for a Sayaxché BC that their attorney had filed an amparo (appeal), and that it worked - their attorney got the new BC. We learned today this this is not true. Somehow, there was some type of mix-up or miscommunication (by the agency, not by the other family), and this other family does NOT have the BC, after all. Filing the Amparo did not work.
Talk about a kick in the teeth! Obviously, we're devastated by this news, as is this other family.
We don't know what will happen next. We're starting to accept the reality that Caleb won't be home by Christmas, and that's a hard thing to swallow.
Take care,
Kris
11/8/07
11/6/07
11/2/07
Some good news???
As far as we know, there are 3 other families that are stuck in the same Birth Certificate mess that we are. One of the other families' attorney did go up to Sayaxché to file an Amparo (appeal of the mayor's decision to withold the birth certificate), and today the family learned that their attorney has the new birth certificate! So the filing of the Amparo worked - and worked very quickly.
So now we just need our attorney to get up to Sayaxché and do the same thing. And, hopefully we will have the same result. Hang on Caleb, we're coming!!!!!!
So now we just need our attorney to get up to Sayaxché and do the same thing. And, hopefully we will have the same result. Hang on Caleb, we're coming!!!!!!
11/1/07
We're going nowhere fast
Today is a very special day in Guatemala, called Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Because it is such an important day, all government buildings are closed. Additionally, November 2nd and November 5th are also government holidays, so we believe that all goverment buildings will be closed these days as well.
What this may mean for us (our assumption) is that our attorney STILL won't be able to go up to Sayaxché, Petén to file the Amparo until sometime next week. This is the Amparo that was supposed to be filed last week. Two more weeks wasted...and really, nothing has been done to move the adoption forward since we exited PGN on September 14th.
Here is your ironic Spanish lesson for the day: As you may have read, we've been warned by our agency and attorney that this legal Amparo process that is needed to get the updated Birth Certificate could take months. The Spanish word for months is "meses". How ironic that "meses" and the English word MESS are so similar?
Have a great day. Please keep Caleb in your thoughts. He is always in ours!
What this may mean for us (our assumption) is that our attorney STILL won't be able to go up to Sayaxché, Petén to file the Amparo until sometime next week. This is the Amparo that was supposed to be filed last week. Two more weeks wasted...and really, nothing has been done to move the adoption forward since we exited PGN on September 14th.
Here is your ironic Spanish lesson for the day: As you may have read, we've been warned by our agency and attorney that this legal Amparo process that is needed to get the updated Birth Certificate could take months. The Spanish word for months is "meses". How ironic that "meses" and the English word MESS are so similar?
Have a great day. Please keep Caleb in your thoughts. He is always in ours!
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Caleb, 9 1/2 months
Here is a great picture of Caleb we took during our visit trip.
Caleb, 4 1/2 months old
This is our favorite picture from the group we received with our referral.
