It keeps getting worse

Alright, nothing has changed as far as our paperwork. We are still waiting on I-171 and cannot do anything until we receive that. There are many rumors going on right now that the wait could extend as long as 18-24 months after we send paperwork to China. I can't understand why this would happen. China states it is because there is not enough "paper ready" children for the amount of people who are wanting to adopt, thus creating a backlog. If this were the problem I would think they would have figured out a way to fix this and it would be getting better, not worse. Some think it is China's plan to limit the amount of children adopted internationally for political reasons with the Olympics coming up in a couple of years. I guess it's possible they do not want to give anybody any reason to bad mouth them. There are also some who say their are not as many children being abandoned and therefore a shortage of children. I really don't know and would hate to think that these children are purposely being left in orphanages longer than they need to be. Well....thats it. These are just rumors and I'm hoping they will be replaced by better rumors tomorrow.