During the Findings meetings with the Director of SENNIAF, she informed us that they were about to propose a change in the adoptions law, in coordination with a team of attorneys and the Judiciary.  She was interested in our opinion on the changes, so she forwarded us the changes that were being recommended by the Committee of attorneys, and Ari translated them.  Misty and Ari were then able to review the changes and recommend many more, based on compliance with the Hague Treaty and international best practices standards.  The amazing part of this, too, is how perfect the timing was.  Had Matt, Misty and Ari not performed the investigation within SENNIAF and written the policies and procedures manual, we would not have been able to write such informed recommendations to change the law.    More>>>

We then presented the proposed changes to the Director and her legal advisor today, for quite some time.  The meeting was supposed to be a few hours, but ended up lasting all day.  The attorney went over many of the recommendations with us, reviewing, brainstorming and working through the wording in order to prepare them for submittal to the Judiciary.  We will next meet with the Committee of attorneys in order to continue through the recommended law changes with this team.  Thereafter, the recommended law changes will be submitted to the Judiciary, and thereafter to the Legislature.  We hope these important changes will be made to the law in the next few months.  Please pray with us, that the necessary law changes will be made in order for these children to be freed to live with their forever families soon.