Is it really going to happen?

Here we go again on the adoption roller coaster!! The long wait was a downer, the referral was a super tall hill, and now we are heading back down again. So many people are having trouble passing court lately. A few of the reasons might be missing Gambella regional letters, missing MOWA letters, or the birth family did not show up to testify. As we get closer to that time, we realize this could be us too!

Our boy is also from the Gambella region. This is far west Ethiopia and about 500 miles away from where he is now. Gambella requires an extra approval letter from the region. We were told "this will be cleared up very soon." I'm hearing a buzz all over the adoption world how hard it is to receive this letter and how it is delaying families from passing court. Some of them have been waiting months!! They go to court in Ethiopia and find out they have not passed yet and come home to wait. It must be torture!! Please keep these families in your prayers. And please pray our letter comes in quickly as well.

There are so many unknowns with our two little children and their history. This worries me and I'm trying really hard to rely on God to help us through this. More posts spreading today about a meeting in Ethiopia on the 13th that might change who can be adopted. It might effect us. I've also heard it might only be for those adopting from Spain. Too much uncertainty. We need some serious prayers about this that all the children in the orphanage will be able to have a family.

I heard somebody say that if you truly trust in the Lord, you tell him all your cares and you leave them there. That sounds impossible, but I'm going to try. If he wants these children to have forever families, he'll move mountains.

Gambella National Park