Calling all Prayer Warriors!!

I wanted to bring you up-to-date, as I know it has been awhile!  Due to several setbacks, we’ve had some difficult weeks of waiting for our paperwork to be changed.  Right now, we do have people working on our case, and we are rallying the troops to pray!!  Please pray that they find the information we need for our case to be approved by Embassy.  We cannot travel to Ethiopian Court without Embassy approval. 

We have been asked several times when we think we may be heading over there, and I wish I knew the answer!  Once the paperwork is changed, (we are going on 11 weeks of waiting for that to happen, but who’s counting?) it takes another week or two for the documents to be translated into English to submit to Embassy.  Then we hope that Embassy approves it!  Once they do, they will send us a letter that can take 2-3 weeks for us to receive.  As soon as we have that letter, we can travel to court.  Ethiopian Court is the first of two trips we have to make to Africa.  The second trip will be about a month later, where we’ll finally be able to bring our sweet kiddos home!

One thing that is looming is the onset of rainy season (mid-August through October), where the Ethiopian courts close for its duration.  So right now, we are praying for God to move mountains (or rains in this case) so we can travel for our first trip before the courts close!  The wait is so hard!!  Would you please pray with us??

 

Also, as many of you know, we are taking our oldest 2 girls with us on our first trip to Ethiopia!  They are selling the rest of our Mudlove bracelets to raise funds for their trip.  You can either order by clicking the ‘fundraisers’ tab at the top of this page, or you can just e-mail me if you’re interested in helping in this way.  Please continue to pray for ‘B’ & ‘S’ as they also have to wait, with no understanding as to why.   We appreciate all of you. It’s awesome to know so many family and friends are supporting us, praying for us and helping us get our children home!  Prayers are needed more than anything!!  These sweet kids pray everyday for their new brother and sister to come home soon:

Modeling their Mudlove bracelets!  :)