Still nothing.

We should have our court date by now. It has been a month. I am getting peeved. Downright ticked off.

The process works thusly--

We sign our CPR. We did this on 12/21/09.

A case is opened in the court.

Once opened, MOWA (Ministry of Women's Affairs) must issue a letter allowing the adoption to go forward. They consider things like the circumstances through which the child has come to be available for adoption and if things are in order. In our case this should be straightforward. It is more likely that MOWA is behind, or going through one of several trainings, overhauls, etc that have repeatedly slowed things down with them. But this has been too long.

When the MOWA letter is sent to the court we get the next available court date. For most people this is within a week or three of the case being opened. And the date is usually a month+ out.

Where we appear to be stuck at the MOWA step, my agency's attorney in ET has petitioned the court to find out what is holding MOWA up, this alone usually gets their attention. We did this on Tuesday.

So we'll see.

We want to get our D home. This is a needless waste of time and all I can think about is her in the orphanage, though a nice one, and not getting the stimulation and loving care we can provide.

This week another set of new parents travel so luckily we will get some new pictures and hopefully a video. I have asked that they cover her with loud, sloppy kisses from us.

Still.

Lauren