Our Bethany lawyer delivered the paperwork on Monday and asked for an appeal (as I mentioned in the previous post). We are now given a date of July 24 for our case to be determined! We will take that earlier date (even if just a few days)! At that point, we will either be approved or denied. If approved, we will get our travel date! Obviously praying hard for that option and that it happens prior to rainy season court closures!
In the meantime, WOOHOO!, we've gotten fun info on our girls! Oh, how I can't wait to share photo's on-line!
I have a friend who traveled home from Ethiopia last Friday bringing home their new child. Before she left, she asked about our case (just to get an inside advantage for us, which I really appreciate!) She was told "the staff was celebrating and jumping up and down with excitement over a case!"
OUR CASE!
They have literally been fighting for over 8 months to get that signature! What a blessed day to finally have it complete and in their hands!
Other fun stuff....within the past month, our social worker asked if we would like to be connected to other families who have adopted children from the orphanage our daughters are currently at. YES! I would love to and guessing our girlies would want to connect with Ethiopian friends living in the states. So, this morning I opened my email and first thing I see is a picture of both of our girls with another little girl standing in between them with arms around each other. My heart pounded as I read about the family who adopted the child in the photo and has been trying for the past year to find out who got matched with "T" and "B"! She said she's been praying for this family and can't wait to find them and let them know how much their daughters meant to hers! Seriously! What a smile from God!! How humbling it is to have people praying for our girls and our family, strangers at that!
Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
In the meantime, WOOHOO!, we've gotten fun info on our girls! Oh, how I can't wait to share photo's on-line!
I have a friend who traveled home from Ethiopia last Friday bringing home their new child. Before she left, she asked about our case (just to get an inside advantage for us, which I really appreciate!) She was told "the staff was celebrating and jumping up and down with excitement over a case!"
OUR CASE!
They have literally been fighting for over 8 months to get that signature! What a blessed day to finally have it complete and in their hands!
Other fun stuff....within the past month, our social worker asked if we would like to be connected to other families who have adopted children from the orphanage our daughters are currently at. YES! I would love to and guessing our girlies would want to connect with Ethiopian friends living in the states. So, this morning I opened my email and first thing I see is a picture of both of our girls with another little girl standing in between them with arms around each other. My heart pounded as I read about the family who adopted the child in the photo and has been trying for the past year to find out who got matched with "T" and "B"! She said she's been praying for this family and can't wait to find them and let them know how much their daughters meant to hers! Seriously! What a smile from God!! How humbling it is to have people praying for our girls and our family, strangers at that!
Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Is the date you're referring to with MOWCYA? We're adoption from Ethiopia with Bethany and our date is the 23rd! Would love to connect. Maybe we'll travel together! My email is sarah@sarahmcaffry.com. :)
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