The following entry was posted on a friend of ours blog. I asked her permission to copy it onto our blog. I think it is very interesting and believe you will too. Thanks, Sarah for sharing with my blog followers. :)
The government orphanange that our child will likely come from is called Bethzatha.Children remain in legal custody of Bethzatha until they pass court BUT because Bethzatha has a close relationship with Hannah's Hope and approves of its staff and conditions, it allows Hannah's Hope to assist in caring for children BEFORE they are placed with families. This is H.U.G.E. It means that these kiddos get more personalized and individualized care MUCH sooner.
Other agencies do not take into care to assist an orphanage while court is pending. It may be that other agencies do not have the facilities to do so, or it may be that they do not have the same close relationship with the orphanages that they work with. The latter may be the case because other agencies work with *many* orphanages, matching children with families regardless of where the child is being cared for, while AGCI (our agency) only works with Bethzatha and only refers children after they are at Hannah's Hope.
And this is also a factor as to why the referral time for AGCI is a bit slower than other agencies. And while slower isn't easier-we would still prefer a quality living situation---physically and psychologically.
I have seen some pictures of Hannah's Hope. Wow..I'm impressed!! It is so fun and bright! Very exciting to see that it isn't the white walls and not so good conditions that you hear about. If you care to see any pictures, let me know and I'll send you a link. I can't explain how I felt when I saw these pictures. May God grant us peace while we wait patiently for our perfect little one. One that we have been assured is being (or will be) taken very good care of.
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