Not giving up....

Those of you who know me, know I am stubborn (to say the least). As much as I try to convince myself to just wait, it doesn't feel right. So, I emailed the authorities in the country I wish to adopt from explaining my predicament in the hopes that they can somehow make an exception to allow me to use a German agency or something. I have yet to hear anything and it's been a few weeks, so I'm not holding my breath on that one.

Late last week, I also emailed a German agency in broken, translated German. Hopefully they could understand it! lol! They obviously don't work with the country I want to adopt from, but they do work with other countries I am willing to adopt from instead. I go back and forth on whether to wait for the "ideal" country or whether to adopt a child from another country now. I'm currently reading the book "Radical". I seriously want to adopt about 5 kids because of what I'm reading! (I'd say more kids, but at some point the thin line of my sanity will actually snap and that might not be so good either....) So, I figured it wouldn't hurt to at least contact the German agency.

I'm expecting 1 of 2 things to happen:

1) They tell me that they can help me, but we have to be able to understand the pre-adoption training, which is in German, as well as all of the paperwork, which will also be in German. (The possible except is if we adopt from Kenya, which conveniently enough, requires all documents to be translated into English!) I figure if this happens, we ask if we can do our training online through a Hague certified site, in English. After all, the requirement is to understand it, not to simply "do" it. For the paperwork, there's always friends and Google translate! ;-)

2) They tell me that they cannot help me, because we don't speak German well enough or because we "don't have a vested interest in that country" (we aren't going to move there, speak the language, or marry someone from there, etc.) This was mentioned on their website. Apparently, they have some moral obligation or something to prevent people from adopting someone out of their comfort zone or something. I really don't get that one. Anyways, if this is the response, I will then call the lady at the Central Authority back and say that I contacted a German agency who was unwilling to help me, so can I please use the American agency that was.

It might seem manipulative, but I prefer to look at it as a win/win. I will play by the rules, if they let me. But, if they block me from both ends, I will not go down without a fight. :) I will be sure to keep you posted!

-V