1. Are you sure this baby is the one you are going to adopt? Most people have asked this of our parents. Understandably-just wanting to know how sure we are this baby is going to be part of our family. The harsh truth is it isn't 100%, nothing is with international adoption. I would say at this point we are 90% sure. We are waiting on paperwork-which is taking much longer than we would like! In our minds, he is our son. We love and pray for him as if he will be.
2. What is his name? Are you going to keep it? We can't quite share his name on here yet for the safety and protection of the adoption. I can tell you, we do plan to keep his Ethiopian name as his middle name, and it means "wonderful."
3. Is he still in an orphanage? Yes and no. He was actually moved from his orphanage to what is called a transition house because the orphanage simply couldn't care for infants that young. This is an answer to prayer! The transition house, although still full of orphans that need and deserve families, does have more resources. When I spoke with them Saturday-there were 12 infants in this house along with 20+ older children.
4. What's next? The first thing is his paperwork being officially ready for us. We are hopeful this will happen in the next couple of weeks. Then, our case will be submitted to court. From there, we will receive our court date. That is when we will make our first trip to meet him and go to court to adopt. Then, we will come back to the states as our case is submitted to the US embassy. When we pass the embassy-we make our second trip to Ethiopia and bring him home!
5. And the most asked question-when will we get to bring him home? The truth is, we don't know. I wish we did. This is where we are
How can you specifically pray?
-Pray for his paperwork and those that handle it
-Pray for his health and that he is getting the nutrition his body needs
-Pray for his nannies that he is picked up, held, and loved on each day
-Pray for us-that we will have peace and patience during this trying time of waiting
-Pray that we can have him home before the end of the year-most days it feels like this would require a miracle, but we still believe in miracles!
Join us in praying that the Lord would hold and care for this precious son of His until He can use us to show him that love!
We truly cannot thank you all for your prayers-they mean more than anything else! If a picture would help remind you to pray for our little guy, message me your address and I would be happy to mail you one!
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
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