Sickening News...

Yesterday (Monday, July 13) it was announced that Imagine Adoption, our adoption agency, has gone bankrupt. The official statement from the Financial Recovery company who is handling the bankruptcy will be sent out to Imagine's clients on Friday.

I hadn't planned on announcing this to you all until we had more information, but the story has hit many news sites, and some of you have been kind enough to phone or email and ask if we've been affected.

In short: yes, we will be affected by this; we don't yet know how severely. Families registered with Imagine, and their friends and families, have been sending pleas to various government officials asking for their assistance. Our hope is that:

• the children in Imagine's care in Ethiopia will have food to eat. The funding for the children's homes has been cut off, and the staff have not been paid. There is little food left.
• those families whose referred children have already passed court in Ethiopia will be expedited through the Canadian Citizenship process
• those families whose files are in Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia and Ecuador will be able to continue the process and receive a referral, perhaps through a second agency (This includes us.)

If you would like to add your voice, please leave a comment or email me at BletheringSpot at gmail dot com. I would be pleased to forward you the email we have been using, as well as email addresses of involved government agencies. There is also an online petition being signed right here. There are approximately 400 families involved in this situation; that amounts to at least 450 waiting children.

We will keep you posted as we receive more information. We appreciate your prayers.