Urgent...

Please pray!

My good friend is in the Congo right now.  She and her husband are adopting a sibling group of 3.  They have gone through one terrible "delay" after another trying to get these children home.  What they were told was a 6 - 9 month process is now at 2 years.  Their agency appears to be crooked (but that's another story).  Anyway, my friend managed to push through all the barriers and get there and get her kids.

The kids have ringworm and parasites for sure, and probably more issues going on.  The place she is staying is the "nice" place and I was told the conditions would be condemned here in the US.  She herself is now getting ill and she has been told the final paperwork is going to be delayed again.  Her husband stayed home with their other 3 children, so she is alone with 3 children in a challenging situation.


As we foster and adoptive parents of older children know these children also come with issues and she is getting to experience them all from not 1 child, but 3 (a 6 year old and twin 4 year olds), and no one told these babies they should wait until they hit American soil to begin the traumatized children behaviors.  She is an amazing woman, so she is hanging on, but she needs her support system around her. 

She has a travel partner and he is bringing a sibling group of 2 home.  His papers are complete and he is able to leave and she is not.  It would not be good for her to be in country alone, but with 3 excited and confused children it would be a nightmare. 

She burst into tears when they told her she would not be able to leave with her travel partner.  They responded by calling in a favor and they have a meeting with someone who may be able to "find" and push her paperwork through tomorrow so she can leave at the same time as the others. 

I am so grateful I got to speak with her tonight.  When she gets home and is able to "recover" she will still only be beginning this journey.  Please pray for her.