May 12, 2009

We have our court date! June 4! If we pass thru the first time, Zipporah needs to be able to get her birth certificate and passport and pass her TB test. If all goes well we could be traveling the end of June! She may not even have hair by then! Ama and Poppy will be in Seattle until the 30th so Reese will have to stay with Amy or Lindy until they return. I cannot believe how soon that seems. She could be here for the 4th of July - jet lag and all. Praise God!

May 7, 2009

We had our "next step" call with Julie today and she is quite sure that we will travel in July! Even if we end up needing a second court date we will still travel end of July or early August. Now we just pray that Zipporah passes her TB skin test. The courts in Ethiopia have put a hold on all abandoned childrens adoptions as part of an ongoing investigation to make sure everything is on the up and up. Thank you Lord that this does not effect us. Zipporah was relinquished by her mother and therefore her mom will have to show up in court. We should be hearing about our court date in the next few weeks! Now Lindy and Doug need a referral!