still here...

For anyone wondering I am still here in Haiti. 5 weeks and counting!!!

Our file has now been signed out (for real this time) and it *should* be released to passport on Monday morning. I really do hope so!!!

I won't go into to many details until I get home, but I can tell you that without my friends help there is no way I would be anywhere near coming home with her.

I am hoping to be home next weekend!

Keep your fingers crossed for us

Sue

Staying until the bitter end...

Today I have made the decision that I will be staying until the end. After mulling it over I think me leaving my baby girl would be devastating for the both of us, and at this point I just can't do it. Besides if I leave I really don't trust anything will get done without ME being on top of it. I can guarantee once I get home I will have a whole lot of things to talk about, for now I really just want to concentrate on getting her home though.

Today I have gone to the Canadian embassy and received the application to redo her expired medical. I will do that while I am waiting for my O director to return from France so I can get the dang paper to get my file released from MOI. I figure if I am here I may as well be doing something to stop the end delays. A few weeks back when we had the O director over for dinner I had mentioned Tamaya's medical would expire on the 27th, but she assured me I would be home long before than, I said well lets just get it done so we can avoid a further delay and she pretty much flat out told me NO, (hmmmm, I guess I should have gone ahead and done it anyways eh... URGGGGGH) Whatever though... must be that I know nothing eh!?!

Well I can see I have now turned this into a rant..lol.

I will keep you all posted and hopefully I can figure out a way to post a couple pics soon :-)

Lies, lies and more lies...

Well I was mislead. Our file was NOT released from the ministry of interior for passport and now we actually need a form done from the orphanage (O) director to put with our dossier before it will be released. Finally I was told the truth that nothing was going to be done until my orphanage director comes back. I was being told daily they would bring the needed paper everyday and NOT doing it. As I had said in the previous post our O director is gone to France and nobody here that she has left in charge are able/willing to help. The other O director was unable to help as this paper can only be done by my O director, URGGGGHHHHH.

Now that we have these further delays and nobody here to fix them Tamaya's medical for her visa will expire this Monday adding another delay to her homecoming because we will have to get it re-done. (keep in mind her medical was done a year ago, and they only do them when they feel the child is very close to coming home!, also 2 weeks ago I told my O director that it would expire and she should set up an appointment for me to bring her and she assured me not to worry as it would be a waste of time because she would be home by then... what a piss off)

This is very hurtful, disappointing, frustrating as I have set everything up within the MOI to get my file out, I advocated for our file (and others) to get pushed through and now here I am the one that may have to leave my daughter once again, or be here another few weeks :-(

Now I have to make the very hard decision to stay or leave my baby girl behind which in all honesty will be the hardest decision I have had to make thus far.

What a mess...

You know, I can honestly say that I am so frustrated, I have still not had confirmation that our file has been released. Our orphanage director is gone to France for a few weeks and assured us she would have someone help us finish off the rest of the paper, but they both are now saying they DON'T do passports. URGHHHHHH

Luckily we had met a wonderful orphanage director and he has offered to help get us the passports and help finish off the rest of the papers to get her home. Imagine having to have someone else save the day and at least hold our hand while we complete the process ourselves!!!

Hopefully tomorrow when we go to Haitian immigration we will see our files there and be able to get the passport relatively soon.

I have booked a flight out for Saturday and I HOPE HOPE HOPE that Tamaya and I are on it!!!

I will keep you posted and THANKS for your support and kind words

I have to confess!?!

The reason I took a blogging break was so that I could come down to Haiti and see what I could do. I have been in Haiti for more than 2 weeks (and still am here!). I have managed to get Tamaya's file released from MOI. We are hoping to get her passport mid-next week. This trip has certainly made me appreciate my government!!! I am hoping I will be able to travel home with her in a week or so.

I have really been enjoying my time with her. She is such a doll and a true little gem. She has a very strong character and I am so glad I have had a chance to spend some time with her here before bringing her home.

I don't have much computer time, but I will post the rest of the developments as they happened in the next week.

When I have time (prob when I get home) I will also post about my stay and include pictures of course ;-)

Sue