I called my agency contact today and actually left a message. All week I've called and hung up. I realized about halfway through the week that they probably have caller ID and I'm on the top of their stalker list.
She called me back tonight and we talked for a few minutes. Bottom line, she agreed that the changes are unnerving and frustrating, but she is quite sure they are not terminal in terms of our application. She admitted that there is a very good possibility - came short of calling it a probability - that the group of children they expected to receive in April will be delayed, but couldn't tell me if she thought that delay would be weeks or months. The certainty of travel in 2008 is no longer there, but I don't feel the doom of a lost opportunity any more.
Her explanation wsa that the CCAA is going to an online system - instead of sending agencies packages of paper files, they are presenting the children electronically. Agencies will have access to the files through a code. What is unknown is how those children will be presented - will each agency continue to have their own group to match? will it be a central group of kids up for grabs by each agency? If the latter is true, it begs questions with respect to how each agency applies to match a specific child; how many files will they be able to receive? what's the process of applying? Sooo many questions, no answers.
The good news seems to be that we are still within months of a match. Maybe a few more months than we had expected or hoped, but still pretty close. Hopefully. Hopefully. I am trying not to stress about it, but am finding it hard to believe again.
The better news is my agency's contact with the CCAA is travelling to China next week and will return at the end of the month. My contact was confident that when he returns, he will have more answers and information.
Keep your prayers and good thoughts coming our way... we've had a good run of bad luck lately, with the adoption, work, etc, and it would be nice to win one soon.
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1 comment:
I'm definitely sending you wishes for some smoothness on your path. I agree that it would be nice to have something go well for a change. I'm glad you got a few answers, they're precious in a process that seems to be so cloudy on a good day.
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