It's Time!!

Alright y'all.  It's time to let you all in on what has been going on in our life the past few years.  Some of you already know what I'm about to share, others may be surprised.  But we feel the need, now more than ever, to garner your support and ask you to storm the doors of heaven on behalf of our family.

Where do we start?  Well, I won't go into all the details in this post, but to make a long story shorter.....we are in the process of adopting TWO boys from Ethiopia!  The story is very complicated and honestly at this point we are not sure that one of the adoptions will end up going through.  However, we have committed to adopting these two boys and are confident that God hears our prayers and His plan will be perfect in the end.

In February of 2014, our hearts were stirred and we started pursuing the adoption of a (then 13 year old) boy named "D".  This was a boy very special to us and to our son, Solomon.  We had met D during our previous trips to Ethiopia and he lived at the same orphanage as Solomon.  Unfortunately, his paperwork  has not been able to be completed for a number of reasons over the past 2.5 years.   This sweet boy will turn 16 in 3 months, which presents a problem.  If a visa has not been applied for by the age of 16, then children are no longer eligible for adoption to the US.  In order for us to apply for a visa, he must first receive a local approval for adoption.  We have been waiting on this approval for over a year.  It is certainly coming down to the wire on this as D approaches his 16th birthday.  IT'S TIME we ask you to pray for movement in D's case!

So where does child #2 come in you may be wondering?  Well, about a year into the paperwork chase of D we realized that there would likely be a large delay in his case.  In the meantime there was a (then 15 year old) boy named "K" on  our agency's waiting child list.  We knew that this boy did not have a great chance of being adopted simply due to his age.  We also knew that there was a fight against the clock to file for his visa before the age of 16.  After much prayer, we jumped on board and started pursuing K's adoption in addition to D's adoption.

The good news is that we have made a lot of progress with K's adoption.  He has been given pre-approval for a US visa (PAIR approval) and K appeared in federal court in Ethiopia in November of 2015 to state that he wants to be adopted.   We are at the point where we just need one signature (from federal MOWA) in order to travel to Ethiopia for our court date to make the adoption official.  Once we receive this signature we will travel to Ethiopia for court in a matter of weeks.   The bad news is that we have been waiting ONE YEAR now for this signature.  This is where we need your help!  We need your prayers friends.  Will you pray with us that we will receive this signature THIS WEEK?  Poor K knows that we are coming for him, and if the wait is this painful for us, I can't imagine how hard it is for him.   IT'S TIME for K to come home!

Thanks for sharing in our excitement and joining us in prayer.  In addition to praying for movement in our cases, will you please keep D and K in your prayers - that God would protect their hearts during this long process.  We will update you all with more information as we receive it.