The most significant problem we are still having is related to the power concentrated in the province. We our dealing with a government that has a communist perception on how government works, and that certainly does not provide equality for everyone's voice to be heard. The province officials do not care about our children in the orphanage nor do they care about our situation.
DIA is powerless over the actions of the province and can not force the province leaders to process any of the remaining adoptions. The province is like a small country, they rule themselves. Our agency has given us little hope that anyone can help our situation. Thuoc expressed how concerned he is about all of the adoptions, and asked that we pray for DOJ to cooperate. The Red Cross is legally bound to Worldwide by Vietnamese law. Fortunately, the director of the Red Cross is our advocate with the officials in the province. The director speaks often with the officials in the province, she has tried to set up meetings with the officials in the past and continues to try to get meeting set up with them regarding the remaining adoptions.
The DIA has tried to get these cases to move but the officials remain resolute in their efforts to prolong these remaining adoptions. Inquiries from the US Embassy have not been productive either. As painful as it is, we have to accept that the officials in the province are in charge, even big organizations such as the DIA and the US Embassy have been unable to break these officials.
Our fingerprints are about to expire for the second time. We will have to refile our paperwork and make a trip to the immigration office (a few hours away) to be fingerprinted for the third time. The cost just to do this will be nearly eight hundred dollars. At this point, we don't even know if they will ever let Dillen come home.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Nothing still
We still have no news concerning our adoption. We received and email from our agency this morning that said that the only information she received from Vietnam was that the "Red Cross is fighting for our babies". So as you can imagine, we are frustrated. We do not know what this means or if DIA has sent a representative to the province. We have no new answers or news concerning our girl. It has been 8 months now since we've seen a picture and five months since we were given her "supposed weight". This is beyond ridiculous now. We have no information from our government either, it's almost like no one cares, no one can help. But don't you people understand????? This is our ONLY child! This is our DAUGHTER! This is our life! Can anyone help???? Is anyone REALLY fighting? Doesn't feel like it.
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