Adoption Update

Sarah Mei with my sister's dog, Chelsea


We're EXCITED to announce that we submitted our dossier to Ethiopia!! The Lord provided the last of the money we needed to pay an international fee for one daughter. We decided to go ahead and send in our dossier for one daughter and if a sibling group becomes available, we'll pray for God's provision for the 2nd child at that time.
Our request is for a daughter under the age of 4, healthy or with mild to moderate special needs. Please pray for God's hand of protection on our daughter(s) until we get matched and can pick them up.
My understanding is that we could get our referral anytime in the next six months. Then our child will undergo more medicals, and we'll be assigned an Ethiopian court date. Once we pass court (and that may take more than one time), we'll travel 5 weeks later.
Our prayer is that we'll travel and be home by Christmas. We'll see what God's timeline is??
I'm praying that God will "lead them by a straight way to a city (our home) where they can settle." Ps. 107:7

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say this---those He redeemed from the hand of the foe,
those He gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men,
for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things." Ps. 107:1-9