We FINALLY have our court date! June
26th!!! Lord willing we will officially be deemed the
parents of our daughters although they have been our children in our
hears for 3 months now!
We will leave here THIS Thursday
afternoon & arrive in Ethiopia Friday evening. (they are 7 hours
ahead of us) We will get to meet our girls Saturday morning. I
CAN'T wait! We don't know what all we will do while we're there. I
know we will spend a few hours each day with our girls & will go
around to various areas of the city/country. They like for you to
experience Ethiopia as much as possible to be able to share with your
children. Plus they don't want you spending TOO much time with your
children so you don't get too attached & the children don't get
attached & off their normal schedule since we will be leaving
them. :( We requested to visit the hospital that our girls spent a
few weeks in & their home town.
I'm also excited that there will be
several other families there with us visiting their children. There
is a Facebook group for families in our agency. We have all gone
through so much together through this journey via Facebook & it
will be great to meet some of them in person!
We will leave Ethiopia late Thursday
evening June 27th. It will be a HARD leaving our girls.
The last 3 months have been hard but will be nothing compared to how
hard it will be meeting our girls & then LEAVING them for 3-4
months! I am going to be a ball of emotions! Please bare with me
during this time! We expect to bring them home around October.
There are many steps that need to take place during court &
Embassy. When we pass court they will legally be our children but
the US doesn't recognize that so they have to do their part of the
process. More to come on that part.
I have a LOT to get done between now &
Thursday!
Thank you all for your prayers during
this journey! They have been felt by us & God has definitely
blessed us! Continue your prayers. Pray for us as we leave Jack on
Thursday as I've not left him for more than 2 days. Pray for travel
safety. Pray for us as we leave our girls. Pray for health &
safety for our girls until we can bring them home. Pray for a quick
Embassy process so we can bring them home FOREVER!
