Russia Curtails US Adoptions

Adoption Friends,

Sad news to report ...

According to an article in this morning's USA Today (4/11/07), Russia effectively curtailed US adoption by allowing the accrediations of the last two agencies to expire. According to the article by Wendy Koch, Tom DiFilipo, president of the Joint Council on International Children's Services (www.jcics.org) said, "We've never had this situation before, where we have no accredited agencies" and further says he believes the holdup could last a few months.

In my opinion how incredibly sad - most especially for the children whom I pray find forever homes and are not left in the orphanages. And, for all of those longing to bring them home to their forever family. I hope that this is resolved as soon as possible. Keep the faith.

Robin Bartko

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