Good News!

The last few weeks have brought good reports from the land of Ethiopia, which we are very thankful for! After we received the update that the courts were still running a little behind in February, our adoption specialist from our agency notified us that things were running well, and they were seeing referrals coming in at 12 months for families, which is what they have been expecting and telling us for several months now. We have been officially waiting for 9 months, and hopefully we only have 3 more months to wait, if that long. It also did report that families are traveling to pick up their child closer to 4 months rather than 2 or 3 months. Prior to this report, we had already been preparing ourselves that we may not be able to bring our baby home until the fall. We are just prayerful that we will have our baby home by the holidays.

Then, last Friday, 3/13, we received an update that showed statistics of referrals over the last several months, and it reported that no family had waited more than 12 months for their referral that were within the same age range as we are requesting. So, we were really excited about that. They also reported that our agency is starting to adopt with another orphanage in Ethiopia. So, they will be adopting with two different orphanages, which will provide homes for so many more children in need. We felt really good about the report we received, and we were very encouraged. So, we are very excited to see what the next couple of months bring.

Well, we are working to get the nursery ready and get projects at the house completed while trying to keep up on our reading and research. Thank you for your continued prayers and being on this journey with us!