[Pregnancy didn’t occur as easily as they’d hoped, and the couple turned to adoption. Having decided to adopt a Guatemalan child, their paperwork was ready to go. Problems developed when that country’s government had to change some procedures to be in compliance with the Hague Treaty, and those changes led to] an almost total shutdown of the adoptions, ... And so, thinking that we had no time to lose, we went ‘country shopping.’ One of the few options open to us, since we are over 40, was Nepal.  -   Sarah Hall     Quotes
[Pregnancy didn’t occur as easily as they’d hoped, and the couple turned to adoption. Having decided to adopt a Guatemalan child, their paperwork was ready to go. Problems developed when that country’s government had to change some procedures to be in compliance with the Hague Treaty, and those changes led to] an almost total shutdown of the adoptions, ... And so, thinking that we had no time to lose, we went ‘country shopping.’ One of the few options open to us, since we are over 40, was Nepal. Sarah Hall
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