Hebrews 13:5-6

This was officially posted on the US Department of States Intercountry Adoption Website.

 (Below is taken from the US Department Of States Intercountry Adoption Website)Ethiopia Adoption Alert

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children’s Issues

Government of Ethiopia Plans Major Slow-Down in Adoption Processing
March 9, 2011

Citing the need to work on quality and focus on more important strategic issues, the Government of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women, Children, and Youth Affairs (MOWCYA) will reduce to a maximum of five the number of adoption cases it processes per day, effective March 10, 2011. Under Ethiopian adoption procedures, MOWCYA approves every match between prospective adoptive parents and an Ethiopian child before that case can be forwarded for a court hearing. The U.S. Embassy is working with Ethiopian government officials and adoption agencies to learn more about this change in procedures. We will continue to share information as it becomes available.

Given MOWCYA's current caseload, the U.S. Embassy anticipates that this change could result in an overall decline in case processing of some 90 percent. If this change is implemented as proposed, we expect, that parents who have begun the process of adopting from Ethiopia but have not yet been matched with a child could experience significant delays. It is not clear if this change in procedures would have any significant impact on cases in which MOWCYA has already approved matches.

 

The Lord this morning has just put this scripture on my heart...Hebrews 13:5-6 which says
⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,    “Never will I leave you;    never will I forsake you.”  ⁶ So we say with confidence,    “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.    What can mere mortals do to me?”
 
In a country where most live on less then $1 a day...I know that God will not leave or forsake them.  They are His precious children...He will reign!!! 

Please, keep praying for the children...right now their are many advocates, agencies, government officials over in Ethiopia trying to get this situation worked out...keep praying...God is faithful!!!