Hello Little One!!

After what has been a whirlwind couple months, We officially received a referral on Friday.  As most, if not all of you reading this blog know, we have been trying to adopt from Ethiopia.  This process has had many ups and downs, and 2 months ago, we had one of those downs.  Our adoption dream was halted due to some decisions made in Ethiopia.  We made a decision at that time, that we would be interested in getting back into the process, and maybe we could get a referral relatively quickly.

On Friday afternoon, WE RECEIVED THAT CALL!!!!

WE RECEIVED A REFERRAL FOR A BEAUTIFUL 20 MONTH OLD BOY!!!

The obvious questions are why only one child, and what does this mean for a potential travel date to Ethiopia.  We received an update from our agency (sent to all families) that basically stated that there were relatively few siblings available to be referred.  When we submitted our file, what feels like many years ago, we said that we would accept one or two children.  We are ecstatic that we may be so close to being able to parent a little boy, and are now anxiously waiting for a court date.  We have no idea how long it will take to get a court date, but our guess would be that the earliest we could be travelling would be mid March, but that all depends on how things move.  As was evidenced in the previous situation, nothing ever seems to happen exactly how we would expect it to.  Only God knows when this date will be.

Please pray for us as we begin waiting in earnest once again, and for this little boy as the orphanage prepares him for a very different life.  Please pray for the entire situation, that it would work out much quicker, and better than it did the last time, and that the end would be positive.  Please also continue to pray for the girls that we were not able to adopt, and whatever situation they are in.  Even though we have moved on in looking towards a new referral, we will NEVER forget these two girls.

We thank you ALL for the support, encouragement and prayers that all of you have been to both of us, and once again, we look forward to showing off our boy to the world.  (as an aside, we will not be sharing current pictures, and the story of his life, so please respect our wishes here)