So . . . I’ve been asking you all to pray that our file would be opened in Ethiopia this week.
Well . . . I got a call from our case manager yesterday.
And . . . she said that not only do we have an open file.
But . . . we also have court and travel dates!!!
As I mentioned in a previous post, adoptive parents are now required to travel to Ethiopia twice. The first trip is to meet your child and attend court, and the second trip is for your Embassy appointment and to bring your child home. Our court date has been set for August 4th, so here’s what my calendar looks like right now! . . .
I spent a good part of the afternoon researching flights, and we’ll probably book them tomorrow. I can’t believe that we’ll be leaving for Ethiopia in TWENTY-THREE days, and we’ll meet our son for the first time in TWENTY-SIX days! Four weeks from today is our court appointment . . . unbelievable.
Thank you so much for praying for us along the way. Please keep praying. Here are some specific things to pray about:
1) Our little man’s birth mother. She is scheduled to be in court on July 19th. Pray that she is able to travel from northern Ethiopia down to Addis Ababa to attend. Also, please pray for her heart in this process. I have cried many tears on her behalf and will post some of my thoughts about her sacrifice soon.
2) All of the documents necessary for court to be in the right place at the right time. There are documents coming from several different organizations, and it’s very common for one or more things to not arrive in time for court. Please pray that everything makes it there by his birth mother’s court date on July 19th.
3) Fundraising. We still need $13,000 for travel and in-country expenses. That seems like a very daunting figure, but we continue to trust God to provide. We plan to book our airline tickets tomorrow, and I’ll just say that they are not cheap this time of the year (around $2400 each).
Thank you so much for your prayers, support & encouragement!
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