The news gets better!

According to our agency, the new Director of adoptions in Peru has make a couple of good changes. This is one of the old ways: when a family requests a child (after approval), they submit a letter. This also means more than one family could request the same child. Then all family's files go before the meeting or consejo to pick which family is in the best interest of the child.

The new way: if a family requests the file of a certain child (after approval), then the file goes on Hold for 2 weeks or more so no other family can review. This eliminates multiple families requesting same child and also kind of makes the other families think of reviewing another child. There are over 300 kids on the list. If family wants to pursue child, they send letter of request in. If not, the child's file is un-froze. If a family requests child but meeting says no, child goes back on list.

So with that confusing info out there, our agency received an email a short bit ago saying the little guy we want has gone on hold....For Us! Now it is NOT a referral. We still need approval of our dossier. Then when it's approved, need to send in the "real letter of request."

So our agency is translating his whole file for us. This is huge! It means we don't have to wonder if another family has asked to adopt him!!

So stinkin' excited!!!