Friday Phone Call

Happy Memorial Day!

On Friday, we had a scheduled phone call with the Acting Director of our branch office. It wasn't a big deal at all, and basically seemed like she just wanted to go over the information we put on the original online application, and I guess, make sure we were serious about this (i.e., not drooling morons, and not batshit psychos) before moving on to the next step-- which is a big whole mess of paperwork. She also wanted to answer any questions we might have, except as she pointed out, we probably know as much as she does right now. (Because there are unknowns when dealing with a foreign government, and there is so much information available on the web, specifically on their web site. They really aren't trying to hide anything from us, or sneak up with any "gotchas!")

The one thing she said, which seemed to be cause for concern, was that right now their main office was told to put on hold all home study packets that were being sent over to Korea. The Acting Director seemed to think this was because of the recent tragedy that occurred in the Midwest, and that Korea might be making their mental health requirements a bit more stringent. Since they are trying to supposedly phase out their international adoption program by 2014 anyway, they have been using this horrible story to say, "See? See what happens when we send our children overseas for adoption?!" Or something like that. The Acting Director seemed confident that this was only temporary, and that all the home studies would be kept in the proper order and eventually sent over.

So after the holiday weekend, our big packets will go out, and at the same time our reference forms will go to the non-family individuals we selected to fill them out. I'm really curious to know what is on those. I suspect someone will tell me. ; )