48 hours...

...and we will be on our way! This just blows my mind! I feel nervous, excited, anxious, calm, emotional, and so many other things!! We are pretty close to being done with our packing, and our to-do lists are dwindling! Although, I keep thinking of things we should bring! I just need to zip that suitcase and let it be!!!! So, we are flying from Columbus to D.C. on Wednesday afternoon. And then D.C. to Ethiopia Wednesday night. A looooooooong flight!! Hopefully we will be able to rest and enjoy the flight! Please be praying for us as we are traveling! We are not sure yet if we are going to bring our laptop along. I guess it depends on how much room we have left! :):):):) Just think, one week from today I will have hugged and kissed my son! One week......

A Miracle has happened!!!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!! We got a call from our agency this morning around 11 am. Anna said the judge decided to bump up our case, so she saw it last night and..........WE PASSED!!! Hallelujah!!! This is NO DOUBT a miracle from God! He has heard our prayers, and he has answered us IN AN INCREDIBLE WAY!!!! So I invite you all to sit back and enjoy the video.......



Moshe Eyuel

A long 2 months.

It has been almost 2 months since my last post. There has been some progress made in our case, but we have not passed court yet. Moshe's birthmother was found, made it to court, testified.... and we still did not pass! Now all we are waiting on is a letter of recommendation from MOWA( the ministry of womens affairs). We need this letter to pass court. We actually already have a letter from them, but it was written for our 1st court date, and too much time has passed since it was written. SO...we have a new court date this month. Just wanted to put a little update on here, in case anyone is following this blog! :) Hopefully soon, we can post more!

Still....

Waiting.

Try, try again....

We did not pass again. We don't have another date set yet. God willing, we will know next week. Our agencey said to plan for mid- to end of June. So we wait on.

2 more days!

Only 2 more days until our 2nd try at court! I'm asking everyone I know to pray for us!!! I know that God has this all under control. I don't know why it's happening like this, but I know that "...everything works together for the good of those who love Him." God has a reason for this!! So, that said, we wait on. Praying and looking expectantly to what God has for us!

We did not pass

We did not pass court. The Ethiopia government as taking great caution to ensure that no child is trafficked, which I think is great. Except that they are now being very strict when it comes to passing court. They are asking for an investigation into our sons background. We are not the only ones this is happening too. 4 families went to court last night, and no one passed. This is so hard for me, because I so badly wanted to be with Moshe for his 1st birthday. We have a new court date scheduled for May 29. I really don't know if we will be able to travel June 6 still. I really don't remember too much of my conversation with Anna. As soon as she said "I wanted to touch base with you about your court date...." I knew we didn't pass, and went kind of numb. Please continue to pray for us! And more importantly, all the leaders in Ethiopia!! I know they take very seriously their role in protecting these children!!! Pray for guidance and wisdom for them! And pray for this investigation. I don't know what it will all entail. Josue and I are CHOOSING to trust God. I know that Moshe will not be in Africa one second longer than God has planned since before he was formed. But it is still very hard for us. May God get the glory for all that He is going to do!