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Originally Posted by pgruodis
Thank you for your response Karen and I can understand what you are saying. That being said, I find the holier-than-thou tone of some responses unnecessary. If someone prefers not to respond....then just don't respond! Additionally, I do not find concern for the tragedy in China and the concern about the adoption mutually exclusive, and take offense to the comments that try to interpret my words as not caring for the great hardship there.
A strong argument could be made that one should be even more concerned for a faster referral in the light of this tragedy....but I won't go into that because it was not in the scope of my original question.
What I was hoping for was some discussion on how China has handled crisis in the past and if it slowed-down or accelerated referrals...if orphanages are funding out of the same pot as that going to disaster relief, and etc.
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Paul,
Sorry if my response was offensive. I did not mean to suggest that you were not concerned about the tragedy in China. I was simply expressing my own feelings. I do feel very blessed (and almost guilty that my life is so wonderful right now) when I read of all the devastation on China. I certainly don't mean to sound "holier than thou". Everyone has ups and downs and I just happen to be on an up right now.
For a more direct response to your question, I don't think the earthquake will have much, if any, of an effect on referrals. I can obviously see travel approvals for some areas being affected.