Sad Day

We found out this morning that the Court Date in Ethiopia was postponed till June 9. Our morning was tough, processing this. But we are thankful for the peace we feel, and continue pray!

The Roller Coaster of International Adoption

We may not have our Court Date tomorrow, it is a long story, but a paper didn't come from the orphanage in the countryside to be processed by the government in time to be in the packet for court tomorrow. So best case scenerio, the judge will proceed & just have everything pending this paper that should be there soon. Or the whole date will just be rescheduled till hopefully next week (hopefully not later than that). You can still pray that the Ethiopian judge will process whatever is possible tomorrow!!!
Oh, the roller coaster ride, we have been on the "ride" before with Zach's adoption and this time I was determined not to get on again. Well, I've now concluded that a "Mommy heart" doesn't allow the choice, so back "up & down" we go. But desperately this time, I am trying to turn this ride into one of prayer...so that is all we can do, may God be the Lord of all things, especially in the tomorrow!

Court Date--Tuesday!

We are so happy to post that we have our Court Date, this Tuesday...May 19! Yes, it is sooner than we anticipated & then there has been some time confirming that this is actually the day...and yes, it is! There are a million questions, what is a court date? in very basic terms this is a time when the Ethiopian government reviews the paperwork & hopefully will say they are A-OK & then the final steps for the final paperwork & then we travel (approx. 5+ weeks later) Right now, 50% of the cases "pass" court, so we are asking for you to pray that judge will look favorably & "pass"! We feel so humbled by how things have been moving in the past few weeks & we thank the Lord & everyone that has prayed on our behalf! The actual time of "court" will probably be during our Monday night, Tuesday early morning since they are 7 hours ahead of us in Ethiopia...so we hope to find out "good" news by later on Tuesday. Check back, we'll keep you posted! Much love & so much appreciation for your prayers!!!!

We have prayed & prayed & we are thankful that we had a little getaway planned to Niagara Falls the past few days with the boys...it was so nice to pass time, but it is a crazy feeling thinking every little bit what it would be like to have Ellyana with us...we just can't wait!

Mother's Day celebration at an Ethiopian restaurant...we loved it! Zach ate the most we have ever seen him eat...we think it may have been the fun of getting to use his fingers instead of silverware...the food was very delicious too!Niagara Falls...an amazing, awesome experience!!!