Although this has been a horrific experience with Commonwealth I will again reiterate that I have met some awesome people while traveling along this winding road. God is great! :)
With that being said I found out through a yahoo group that Cathwel (the orphanage we are working with in Taiwan) requires a $10,000 fee to be paid to them when a referral is accepted. *For those of you who don't know (or forgot) what a referral is, it is basically when the birth mother chooses your family as the adoptive parents of her child. You have a choice on whether or not to accept that referral.*
Well, we paid 1/2 of that fee ($5000) to Commonwealth and assumed that the fee was being paid to Cathwel. Surprise! Apparently it wasn't. I guess Commonwealth was 'holding' the money for us. Oh yes, and now the money is gone and they are unable to refund it. BUT on the bright side of the situation, Gladney is supposedly going to cover that fee for us. We're praying they will!
So now we wait (some more) for Gladney to make the trip to Taiwan. What's another 3 or 4 weeks compared to 7 months, right? :)
To be continued!
Blessings,
Shane and Misty
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