Wooo HOOO. An answer

Remember this email, and my question? I got an answer. And, once again, to the person who emailed, I thank you so very much for your response - Xie xie. The answer is that the CCAA does not intend to get beyond 12 months. The 6 month mark didn't work well for them, they feel they can work the most effectively in the 8 to 12 month range. I just want to type that again. They have no intention of going past 12 months.

As for the move, apparently the majority of the move has taken place. They are still working on it, it is not complete. As far as the Hunan situation, it was pointed out that anytime a bureaucracy inside of the Chinese Government gets a spotlight from the international community there is a lot of reshuffling and a lot of attention is paid to future work for a while. It was felt that this is a key piece of the recent slowdown. As far as orphanages closing due to a shortage of children, it was stressed that overall this is not the case. There may be a few SWI's with fewer children, but others are having to do major expansion. Some of the variables that are playing into this were discussed - I'll save that for another post. Most of it I was aware of, but it was really good to hear it from someone who has had their feet on the ground there. The major thing to remember is that when you talk to your child about the one child policy, just know that there is a good chance that the birthmom was an unwed mother and that the one child policy had nothing to do with his/her abandonment. The email was closed with another paragraph about the wait times. Pointing out that 12 months should be the maximum wait we'd see and that it would probably settle at 10 months once the Hunan situation has faded and the move is complete and they get more children's files coming in. So, how do I feel about the idea that we will likely get our referral in September, and not sometime next year?