A couple weeks are up....

So a couple weeks have passed, but we still don't have the news we have been anxiously anticipating. Thank you all for hanging in here with us. We remain on the edge of our seats. I continually check the phone for missed calls. We're confident we will get the call sometime soon, but for now I am just focusing ahead and trusting in God's timing.

In the interim, we have a huge prayer request: Ethiopia, in an attempt to improve the adoption process for the sake of the children, will be implementing a two trip requirement for families adopting children. This will go into effect in mid May. This means families that are given a court date (hearing in which the adoption becomes legal in Ethiopia) prior to mid-May will only be required to make one trip to Ethiopia -at which time they will be able to bring their child/children home. This is the situation we have been anticipating and preparing for.

However families who are given a court date after this date in May will be required to make two trips to Ethiopia -one to meet their child and accept the referral in person before the case goes to court, and then another trip to finish the process and bring the child/children home -unless of course families could manage to stay in Ethiopia for the entire time which could be 6-8 weeks or more, which is not an option for us.

While we would LOVE the opportunity to make two trips to Ethiopia and experience more of the culture as well as be able to meet our child/children sooner, their are also some cons to having to travel two times such as the additional financial burden, the decreased amount of time off we will be able to receive once we are home with our child to adjust and bond and also having to meet our child/children and then leave without her/them.

So if we receive our referral in the next couple weeks, we likely will not have to make two trips to Ethiopia. We know God has this planned also and knows exactly how this will work itself out, but we woud appreciate prayer for a speedy referral and court date early in May.