Wasatch newsletter

·      Bulgaria – We continue to get positive information from our attorney in Bulgaria. She is very upbeat and feels referrals will begin to be issued in the near future. The word out and about is that a few referrals have been issued for non-U.S. adoptive families and hopefully referrals for U.S. adoptive families won’t be too far behind. The change of the process in Bulgaria has been disheartening to families as well as to agencies working in this country. In the past WIA has placed literally hundreds of children from Bulgaria and we are really hopeful that things will begin to move soon. We currently have 2 families left under the old process to finish up, and we do have a couple of people who are on the registry for referrals under the new process. Right now all we can do is to wait and see what happens. Everyone is hopeful that Bulgaria begins to move and that the worst part of the reorganization is past. If you would like to talk to someone about adopting from Bulgaria please email Kathy Junk at kathy@wiaa.org.