July 5, 2009

We are home and recovering from serious jetlag! I will post pictures later! Zipporah is a true joy.

June 23, 2009

4 days until we leave!! There are suitcases all over the house as I attempt to get organized. I have to admit that I feel a little more prepared, since I did this 2 years ago, but I still am feeling scatterbrained. So much to do in so little time! How overwhelmed will I be? I know how bad I was in China. Hopefully, with Jeff along, I won't be as bad? I pray that Zipporah will be prepared for us as much as possible. It has got to be scary for her. My thoughts are very jumbled as I write this....maybe because it is 4:40 am?

June 16, 2009

Zipporah has passed her TB test! Our travel dates are confirmed and we have booked our tickets to leave June 27 and return on July 3. Less than 2 weeks!

June 8, 2009

We passed court! We just got the official word that she is ours! We still don't have travel dates - maybe in the next week or so we will know. An appointment has to be made at the US Embassy in Ethiopia and then we can make our reservations. Zipporah still has to pass her TB test but they don't administer that until a week before we fly out - seems kind of dumb timing to me. The airline tickets that I put on hold for the end of June may have to be postponed? Hurry up and wait again but the end is in sight!

June 5, 2009

Well, our court date was yesterday and we have not heard anything yet. We got an email from AGCI saying that they have not gotten a hold of the staff in Ethiopia to get the news if we passed or not. Granted there is some crazy time differences between the 3 of us but now we have to wait the whole weekend! I spoke with a travel agency today and put some tickets on hold for the last weekend in June - going on a hope and prayer that everything goes smooth. We can always cancel them but the spots were filling up, so why not? Prayers for Monday !!!!

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!