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Days passed achingly slow both for Kristina and I as we awaited any sort of news from the PGN. Having been a part of the Guatemala Adoption Board for over a month, I was aware that trying to guess a timeline here was tricky and unwise. However, over a year ago, we had both sat inside the office of the director for over an hour discussing our case and meeting with officials. Then as the abandonment came to a close, the PGN official was there and signed our paperwork as well. On top of all this, on of Kristina’s close friends was the wife of a congressman in Guatemala. He was very close with an official who we thought might be a reviewer. She said at the very least he would try and give us an inside update on what was happening. To this point we had heard nothing and February was slowly creeping away.
Finally on February 13th, Kristina received a call from our lawyer saying he actually had our PGN case number. Just having something concrete was an incredible feeling. Though it made us no closer than before, it gave us a sense that we were in the PGN for real. Quickly she called the congressman who in turn said he would be in touch with his PGN contact. By now, there was no more “getting our hopes up” An exit right now would still mean that this adoption was around 16 months long. Too long.
One thing that you learn when you are involved with an international adoption is that the weekends become torture. This may be true with domestic adoptions as well but I can only speak for what I have experience with. As the weekends approach, what normally is a relieving end to a hard week of work becomes an indication that for at least 2 days no work will be done on your adoption case. Here we sat knowing our adoption was finally in the office it needed to be in to be completed and yet nothing was being done. Frustrating…
The Mummau Series
1. Choosing To Adopt
2. Why International? Why Guatemala?
3. The Call From Guatemala
4. The Process Begins
5. A Prelude To Mia
6. How Can You “Choose” A Child – Leaving Others Behind?
7. Peer Into The Heart – Journal Entries
8. Meeting Maria – Finding Mia
9. Leaving Our Daughter…is that…no way!
10. Rivers of Waiting
11. Mistakes, Intentions, and Naivety – How Hope Began To Die
12. Alone in Guatemala and Waiting
13. Time Marches On – Goodbye Mia for Now
14. Joyful Gringos in Quetzaltenango
15. Mia Mia
16. Abuela Comes To The Rescue
17. Doctors, Couriers, and Delays
18. Even So, You Won’t Believe This
19. The Summer of Frustration Ends
20. Fall Approaches with Broken Hearts…Teeth
21. 1600 Miles from Tecpan (pt.1)
22. 1600 Miles from Tecpan (pt.2)
23. Kristina Comes Home
24. Mia’s First Steps
25. December’s Momentum
26. An Angel In The Embassy? I
27. An Angel in the Embassy? II
28. A Christmas to Remember…and Forget
29. Daddy’s 2nd Visit
30. Clash at The Embassy
31. We’re In The PGN! OK Let Us Out!
32. Accomodations
33. The Pencil – Never Give Up
34. Exiting the PGN…sort of
35. Exiting the PGN…yet again
36. Daddy Has Enough
37. The Countdown Begins
38. Easter Brings Hope
39. Sit With Me in San Cristobal
40. T-Minus a few things and counting
41. My New Favorite Color
42. Hope Becomes Reality-The Embassy Interview
43. Mia Mummau Goes Home
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