The Rumor is True

It has been confirmed that the new policy of limiting the number of adoption cases processed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Women’s, Children’s and Youth Affairs (MOWA) went into effect Thursday, March 10, 2011 with 5 cases being completed. That is down from 50 cases a day. The US Department of State has issued an alert (read about it here). So, what does this mean? It means, "we expect that parents who have begun the process of adopting from Ethiopia but have not yet been matched with a child could experience significant delays." (quoting the US Department of State alert.) That's us. Apparently, significant delays are ahead for us.