Finally --- Some News!

We have received some news on Gertrude's case. The Orphancourt has filed a formal claim with the higher court, recommending that Gertrude's dad's rights be terminated. Since the day her dad came to court that day we got temporary custody, he has not been seen or heard from again. He did not show up to the Orphancourt when they ruled if he could have her in his custody or not, and he has not seen, nor attempted to contact Gertrude since. Therefore, our attorney is about 100% sure his rights will be terminated. The process will take some time, however, and after they are terminted she will have to be cleared for adoption again by the Orphancourt. Agnese thinks we will be able to travel by summer. Unfortunately, this will be our second trip but technically only our first. We will have to travel three times. Parts of our dossier will be expiring in early August so we hope the process will be completed by then so we do not have to expend more time and money for that part of the process. But, who knows??!! We will just have to wait and see....

Gertrude will be out of the sanitorium on Feb. 16. There is no way to contact her there so we haven't spoken to her in a while. She is not real sick, just susceptible to colds and flu so she and 3 other kids from her home are there, while they try to heal them from their current illness and strengthen their immune systems. Not sure how they do it over there, but hopefully it will help!