Roadblock. Today was the first day we went from being on
cloud nine with the adoption to feeling completely helpless and out of
control. After logging onto “THOGL”
facebook page, it became clear that the Taiwan government would be voting on a
law to enforce stricter adoption laws. I
wasn’t aware of the huge problem of child trafficking in Taiwan, but that’s
what they are cracking down on (which is completely understandable). However, there seems to be some negatives that
will come out of the new laws. As I have
heard so far, their goal is to allow the Taiwanese people first adoption
rights. The child will be available for
adoption with family #1. They will have
a 6-month “grace” period to where they can return the child if it’s not a “good
fit” for their family. The child will be
placed with family #2, again allowing the 6-month grace period. Again, the child will move to the 3rd
family. If none of the situations work
out, then the child will be up for international adoption. We are currently waiting to hear about a
possibility of a 3-year hold on the law.
Meaning, the law will not take affect for 3 years? We are not sure where God is leading us at
this point, but we are learning to trust and believe that “it is well with my
soul”--- no matter what the circumstances.
Of course we have a lot of people praying and supporting us and that
does help so much.
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