Guatemala Adoption Lingo.....
PGN = PGN
KO = Kicked Out
PGN= Equivalent to the Attorney Generals Office in US
KO meaning=Your paperwork that was sumbitted into PGN had something wrong with it
Now you ask me: Ellie, why are you giving us a lesson on this nasty two letter "KO" that everyone in the Guatemalan Adoption world hates to hear?
Ellie's Answer: BECAUSE, ANGELO'S CASE WAS KO ON FRIDAY FOR A STUPID MISTAKE...
Now for Ellie's little RANT:
Before you turn any of your paper work in to Guatemala, you go over it with a fine tooth comb, making sure everything is in order, they the cordinator goes over it, then it is sent to Guatemala for Translantion... So everything I and my wonderful Coordinator did was good. Once it is done being translated, it moves thought several places...
My case was at the last place, prior to the Adoption Decree being Approved, and we get a KO for a cross out on some paper work... A CROSS OUT... NOTHING WE DID, CAUSE ALL OUR PAPER WORK WAS RIGHT! IT WAS SOMETHING FROM GUATEMALA... Now, why wasn't this caught before it was sumbitted? Why wasn't it checked and checked again? Why were we so close, then get Angelo's case tossed out? Why once it is fixed, will we have to start the waiting ALL OVER AGAIN? With the end of the year coming in fast, we may not be out of PGN before the end of the year. Why did I have my heart set that Angelo would be coming home and not not be caught up in the problems that are going to be happening at the end of the year... Is Angelo really going to come home? Is this really going to happen? Is his case going to be stuck in Guatemala forever? Do you see all these questions.... GUESS WHAT... I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS... NO ONE DOES...
Yes, this is CRAP... Yes, we are doing everything we can to bring him home. Yes, my heart is aching, and YES, I FEEL LIKE CRAP and no I have NO ANSWERS...
My only mission in life now is... GET THAT LITTLE BOY HOME TO BE WITH US... HE NEEDS US... HE IS 6 Months old... Angelena was home when she was 5 1/2 months... SO YOU SEE... THERE ARE DELAYS...
Ok, now I will get off my soapbox, crawl in a corner and finish crying... Before Angelena see me!
9 comments:
Oh Ellie,
So sorry to hear about the KO. This process is so unfair. Hang in there, Angelo needs you to be strong!!!!!!!! Praying you are back in and OUT in a flash!!!!!!!!!!!!
This really makes me mad!! Call me tonight. I will be at home.
Angelena would have probably laughed at your crying fit.
Ellie,
I am angry for you too. I am also sorry you got a KO. I hope it gets fixed right away so you can get back in.
Gail
I don't know if this will make you feel better or not, but I think they KO files "just because", and it really wasn't the cross out. When I received my file from PGN on pick up I found several items we could have been KOed for (including that our home address was wrong on two documents and right on the others). I think they have to KO a certain percentage of files in order to keep their jobs. So, if it wasn't the cross out, it would have been something else (like saying a doc is missing when it is actually in the file). We got a KO a few weeks ago for a copier fuzz on a document. I kid you not. I'm sorry about your KO and hope he has a real out soon.
I am so so sorry. I know it's just horrible. I wish I could say something to help but I got nothin. I am thinking about you and praying your little one is home soon. Hugs, Angel
Your faith has taken you through a lot.
Delays suck, but he will come home.
No new pics of the little guy?
Yes, it is all CRAP. I think PGN is full of sadists who love their jobs because they can torture us with such STUPID things! Do you have any idea how quickly you will be re-submitted?
Sending huge hugs!!!
Sorry for the KO....hope your back in and out soon!!!
I am so sorry. It is so unfair. Who cares if something is crossed out and yes, why did they not fix it.
Thinking of you and hoping for a quick out after this correction.
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