From our understanding, hundreds of children were brought to the U.S. embassy in Haiti today with only a handful of USCIS officers able to process their travel documents. The situation has gone from troublesome to dangerous! Although it has been days since Humanitarian Parole was granted, the State Department has yet to implement a safe plan to get our children to safety! We understand that Stephanie was able to land in Port au Prince after a diversion to the Dominican Republic and should be with the kids this evening. The State Department is requesting that the orphanages wait to be contacted by them for details on a "plan." We don't have a lot of faith in this "plan" existing or being implemented quickly. It seems as if everyone has forgotten the reality of this urgent situation! We hope to hear something tonight.
On a much lighter note, Stanley is about to become famous! We were interviewed by WBAL TV, the Baltimore Sun, The Gazette, and tomorrow, we'll be on Fox 45 live at 7:15! More later...
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Continuing to pray for all of you, especially sweet Stanley!
Our orphanage director was turned away yesterday because we were non critical. She was given a January 30 appointment. However, the aftershocks this morning damaged the orphanage and it has been declared uninhabitable by the UN. Don't know what will happen next.
Communication is spotty but it is my understanding that our orphanage's situation was noncritical. We have no new directions. I think our director is going to try to get Parole for all the children even those without families, perhaps tomorrow. She has secured some locations and would like to set up a temporary orphanage in the states for thoes without families. It sounds like an impossible tasks, that there is no way that will happen but there isn't another solution that she can see and you never know until you try.
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