Government Shutdown??? Need to pray

What a Possible Government Shutdown Means for Adoptions
Article by AWAA Adopted by Designs (Click to read full article)

"As rumors of a possible shutdown of the U.S. Government increase, we wanted to take a few moments to pass along some information about how this may affect America World families. Currently, members of Congress are working with the Obama Administration to pass a budget for the 2011 fiscal year. If an agreement is not reached by midnight on Friday, April 8, parts of the federal government will close until a new budget is passed.

We are working to stay on top of the situation and to get accurate information about what adoption services will be affected if a shutdown occurs. It is important to remember that, at this point, a shutdown is only a possibility and is not guaranteed.

While the information coming out of Washington is unclear, what is known is that a shutdown would result in the furlough of any “non-essential” government personnel. It is unclear exactly which services are considered “essential,” but it appears that “essential” functions are those that the government considers necessary for the protection of human life and property (i.e. national security, air traffic control, medical care, etc.).

Unfortunately, it appears that the Department of State and USCIS will be affected if a shutdown occurs. Information that we received from a recent meeting held at the Department of State indicated that furloughs will affect many staff who work with adoptions at DOS, USCIS, and embassy and consulate offices around the world. Embassies will be officially “closed” during the shutdown, meaning that embassy staff will not be able to serve the public during this time. If this happens, delays in processing paperwork and completing adoptions are likely."

This will affect all families that are in the process of adopting.  I know so many that are planning to travel soon and have already waited so long.  So this article this morning wrenched my heart.  Once again giving all the unknowns to God.....praying fervently to continue to be voice for the orphans who are waiting to be with their forever families.

Just wanted to share this information and prayer request.  

On a side note: Craig and I did our fingerprinting yesterday.  One step closer to completing our home study.

Also I added another page to my blog if you check out the right hand side bar you can navigate to my other pages.  I now have one with our testimony timeline and then added another one all about DRC.