We had to be at IHNFA at 10:00 so I called the taxi driver, Tito, at 8:00 to let him know that he needed to pick us up at 9:30. He arrived early at 9:10 at we arrived at IHNFA at 9:30. He is usually late but he must have thought that we need to be at IHNFA by 9:30. We waited about 45 minutes while they did up the paperwork. We were then taken into a big empty room where there was a table set up. There was the social worker, another women, who was the lead social worker and a man. The man was an interpreter and he translated a little speech that the women gave basicly outlining how happy they were that I was adopting this child and giving him a better life. We then signed three copies of the one page document that gave me temporary custody. I kept one copy and they kept the other two. I have to send a scan of this document to my lawyer for translation to use in the package for immigration. I felt a little freedom after that was done. I felt one step closer to completing the process. Also, now that the temporary custody has been granted, we are free to leave San Pedro Sula (SPS).
We then headed to the City Mall for the third time. We bought a few more things, had lunch and then headed back to the hotel for a couple of hours in the pool.
There is not much to do here in SPS. The hotel is nice and the kids love the pool but it gets a bit boring just hanging around the hotel. You can't go for a walk and the only thing there is to do is to visit a mall. It seems wierd to come to Honduras and hang out in a mall but it gets us out and the mall is air conditioned so there is a break from the heat. My Dad and I both enjoy the journey in the taxi as there is so much to look at on the streets. I will be happy to leave SPS to see something else, hopefully not just another mall. Plus, leaving SPS will mark the end of stage one, getting temporary custody.
There is no word yet on when I will sign the final papers. I am hoping we will hear in the next few days. I will be very happy once that step is completed. I was expecting to leave SPS once the temporary custody papers were signed and head to Tegu. However, if we don't have a date to sign the court papers in the next few day, then we will probably head to Tela to stay at the beach until we receive word that everything is ready in Tegu.
The internet has been very unstable the last few days and yesterday I couldn't even get email during the evening. I am not even going to try and load up pictures with this post. I will be luck if I can get this posted. I will add the pictures at a later date.
We then headed to the City Mall for the third time. We bought a few more things, had lunch and then headed back to the hotel for a couple of hours in the pool.
There is not much to do here in SPS. The hotel is nice and the kids love the pool but it gets a bit boring just hanging around the hotel. You can't go for a walk and the only thing there is to do is to visit a mall. It seems wierd to come to Honduras and hang out in a mall but it gets us out and the mall is air conditioned so there is a break from the heat. My Dad and I both enjoy the journey in the taxi as there is so much to look at on the streets. I will be happy to leave SPS to see something else, hopefully not just another mall. Plus, leaving SPS will mark the end of stage one, getting temporary custody.
There is no word yet on when I will sign the final papers. I am hoping we will hear in the next few days. I will be very happy once that step is completed. I was expecting to leave SPS once the temporary custody papers were signed and head to Tegu. However, if we don't have a date to sign the court papers in the next few day, then we will probably head to Tela to stay at the beach until we receive word that everything is ready in Tegu.
The internet has been very unstable the last few days and yesterday I couldn't even get email during the evening. I am not even going to try and load up pictures with this post. I will be luck if I can get this posted. I will add the pictures at a later date.
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