I checked in with our adoption agency today (All Blessings International - in-process of converting from it’s original name: Kentucky Adoption Services), and we have tiny good news!  Our file has [FINALLY!] worked it’s way through the Oficina Para las Adopciones (OPA… “The Office for Adoptions” in English) and is eligible for consideration at the next Reunion Conjunta (Joint Meeting) at the Procuraduria’s (Attorney General’s) office.

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Now having thrown all those terms out there, what does it mean?  It means we’re kind of “pre-approved.”  OPA is a sub-division of the Procuraduria’s office, so their saying our file is in order means our file IS in order.  We are ready to receive official approval to be adoptive parents to Salvadoran children.  Whenever they do examine our file at a Joint Meeting, I have faith that we’ll pass that inspection.

I say “whenever they do” because while there is a Joint Meeting before the end of this month, and our agency has been told that we’re in the queue for consideration, there is the distinct possibility that they won’t get to our file.  And then they go on holiday for the beginning of August.  So we may be waiting longer to hear.

But on the other hand, maybe we will be approved this month??!!  It marks one year since we sent our dossier down there, so it would be a nice way to celebrate that anniversary – getting official approval.  Once we have THAT, we’re “just” waiting for a match and a referral of some kids who need a family like us.

Either way, though, it’s encouraging to know that we’re progressing.  If only by inches.

photo credit: http://www.pgr.gob.sv/SOPA.htm