The Countdown...11 Days

Well...11 days and counting down! We almost don't want to bring attention to our court date just because of bad karma, but we are feeling very positive about April 6th. Good news from our agency this week-3 Old-Timer Hope Families passed court this week! Huge celebration-we are called Old-Timers because there is a small group of us who have been waiting a minimum of a year and many even longer. We are so excited that they passed and will be getting their kids soon! We plan to be in that mode in just 11 days!! There are so many ups and downs in adoption, and we all know this going into it, but the emotional toll is still very hard. It will all be worth it in the end!

One of the families from Hope will be going to pick up their little girl from Bethel (where our kids are) this weekend. While the kids have such wonderful care there, we are so excited for the first child to leave Bethel and be with their forever family! I am sure this will be emotional since the kids have been together for a long time. We sent some pictures and a letter for the family to share with Danny and Yordanos! Can't wait for some pictures-keeps us going!

Lisa & Dave

Saw this on another blog...had to borrow it....You'll see WHY...

"Sometimes I'd like to ask God why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice in the world when He could do something about it...but I'm afraid God might ask me the same questions".

~Anonymous

Never really thought of it that way...but it made me think of more things I can do to help...I see it as part of pur responsibility...no child or adult should have to live life this way...what can we do to help? Last week we sent formula and this week we sent $$ for a traveling parent to buy more formula to bring with her to Ethiopia. Every little bit helps!

Lisa

25 days....

Less than a month to go until our court date...Woo Hooo!!!! Every little step counts as we get closer to bringing our kids home! We are feeling very optimistic about our court date and being able to bring the kids home very soon.

Still keeping busy...I have been going through pictures lately and trying to organize into albums. I finally realized...no...I won't be able to scrapbook them all (it was all just a dream) so I am working on putting them into albums and then I can scrapbook what I want to. I have so many pictures of the kdis and their friends at the orphanage so am also working on an album that is in consecutive order from when we first started the adoption process. It is kind of sad to look at our first pictures from 11/07 and to see how much the kids have grown in the time frame that we have been waiting-16 months. Danny was a little boy 16 months ago and now he looks like a young man. Yordanos has gotten so tall. While we weren't with them during this time, at least we have pictures. Can't wait to close this part of the journey and begin our family journey!!

Also, just sent some of the donated formula we received with a family that is traveling to Ethiopia on Friday. There is still a major formula shortage so they were happy to take formula to the orphanage.

More later....

Lisa & Dave

36 Days 'Till Court!!!

Yes, 36 days until our court date!! Seems a lot closer now that it is March! We did have some very hopeful news this week. There are 4 families adopting children from the same orphanage as ours. One of the families passed court on Friday and this was the the first try! This is very good news for us because all of our paperwork was done at the same time so hopefully we will sail through on April 6th. We are definitely more hopeful now!

Lisa & Dave