Expanded McKinney family celebrates National Adoption Month
Washington,
Nov 10, 2009 -
November is National Adoption Awareness Month, a month set aside to draw attention to the adoption of children and youth. U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) marked this by visiting with the Briggs Family of McKinney. Amy and Christopher Briggs adopted Mauricio de Jesus Briggs, 11, Juan Pablo Briggs, 9, and Maria Lucelly Briggs, 8, from Colombia, earlier this year with the assistance of the office of Congressman Johnson.
Amy and Christopher Briggs contacted the Congressman’s office earlier this year for assistance in adopting three children from Colombia. The Briggs were concerned that the adoption paper work and visas would not be completed by the time they were planning to travel. The children had lived with foster care families, but had been moved to an orphanage in anticipation of the pending Briggs adoption.
The orphanage owners were scheduled to be on vacation the month of July and no formal introduction of the children could be made without the orphanage owners. Johnson’s office stepped in to help navigate the overseas bureaucracy. Soon, all of the paper work was completed. The kids were able to meet their new parents early in July to begin their 6 week bonding experience according to strict adoption regulations ordered by the Hague.
Johnson is pleased to report that the three kids are now settled happily in Texas.
“We are very thankful of the assistance of Congressman Sam Johnson’s office in helping to facilitate the adoption process. As a result, we were able to be with our children sooner and become the family the family we all look forward to for so long,” said Amy Briggs.
The office of Congressman Johnson helps facilitate overseas adoptions. To learn more, please contact his local office at 972-470-0892.
