New Government

At the first of the year Guatemala changed the way that they will handle adoptions in the future. Any children who are in "PGN" (the Attorney General's office) will be processed under the old system. Any children who are in the system but not in PGN will have to wait until after the new system for adoption is created and then their adoption will follow the Hague Treaty standards (current international standards for adoption).

As it turns out we thought that both Gabriella and Christian were in PGN, which they were, but Christian's case was turned away because our embassy in Guatemala did not get them the paperwork they needed on time. As it stands now Christian will have to go through the new system while Gabriella will be processed under the old.

The Guatemalan government seems to be moving through the children who are in the old system pretty quickly. We are hopeful that we will have Gabriella sometime this Spring and Christian in the summer. We would ask for your prayers during this time for both of our children and what they must be going through. Thanks so much for joining with us and being patient with our updates!