Common Mom

A couple months ago, I asked you all to pray for Keira’s preschool teacher, Ms. Lupita, and her family. They are trying to adopt a little girl and are having major difficulties. Go here for the original post and some background.

I had hoped I’d have good news to report, but in fact, it’s just the opposite. Turns out the Mexican government and the US government cannot play nice, even when the life of a little girl is what’s at stake. After the mixup I wrote about in the previous e-mail, things were going well. Then, the Mexican government decided that they needed an original birth certificate for Ms. Lupita’s husband, who was born in Massachusetts (or Maryland, I can’t remember for sure). So they got one. Then the Mexican government decided that the birth certificate was a fake, because Massachusetts is not a state. WHAT?! They actually said this to Ms. Lupita . . . that they were lying to the Mexican government and that her husband didn’t really exist because Massachusetts is not a state. She was SOOOO mad. She gave them the whole tirade about how it is so insulting because she was born, raised, and educated in Mexico and this makes them look stupid because all they would have to do is get on the Internet to see that Massachusetts is indeed a state in the United States. They finally said OK, but then, the Mexican government decided that this was not good enough. They needed the doctor who actually delivered her husband to sign said birth certificate. The problem - he’s dead. The Mexican government will not budge! The governor of Massachusetts has done all he can to help her, short of forging the dead guy’s signature, which he just can’t do.

So, that’s where it sits right now. And what really sucks - the Mexican government is closed for holiday the entire month of December, so there is nothing Ms. Lupita can do to try to move this forward until they open on January 9th. And if you remember from the original post, Little Girl’s Visa expires on December 15th. So guess what happens on December 15th - yup, Little Girl has to go back to the orphanage in Mexico. Can you believe it?! I am so mad I can’t even describe it. This poor little girl who has lived in this loving home for the past 3 years since she was 5, will now have to go back and live in an orphanage in Mexico because whoever is in charge of adoptions down there can’t get their shit together and let this girl live in a wonderful home with wonderful parents and 3 wonderful step brothers. Oh, and it’s holiday, so they won’t help right now - so put Little Girl’s life on hold and come back in January.

Ms. Lupita will travel to Mexico on January 9th, they day the government opens again, to see if she can get the Visa renewed and bring her little girl home. If she can’t get the Visa renewed, Little Girl has to stay at that orphanage until the adoption is complete, which Ms. Lupita estimates will take another year.

Please pray for Ms. Lupita and her family. What a difficult Christmas this will be for them, knowing their Little Girl is alone in an orphanage. Please pray that this Little Girl will have the strength to make it through this month until she can come back to her family in the US. And please pray that this adoption gets finalized and this Little Girl can live in the loving home she deserves.

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