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Our little boy Caleb doesn't need to be told twice when Daddy tells him to go "put on your boots"! He doesn't know where he's going, doesn't know how long it'll take or how much it will cost; All he knows is Daddy asked him to go spend quality time with him and that's all it takes for him to obey. We have heard the same request from our heavenly Father concerning adoption. We are embarking on this adoption adventure with Him not knowing the where and how; All we know is God wants to spend quality time with us and teach us who He is on a deeper level.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Detour

We found out a few weeks back that the Ethiopian government changed their laws about adoption. It used to be that upon the receipt of a referal we would plan on traveling to Ethiopia for about a week to bring our little man with us. Simple, easy and quick. Now the new process is that we will be going upon receipt of our referal, stay a week, spend time with our boy and pass court. But then we will have to return to the US empty handed and return one to two months later to get our child. I will need lots of prayer to carry me through this emotional journey. Just thinking about it makes me all weird inside. But I know God will be there with us.
Next month we have arranged to start our home study. I really like the lady we are working with. She's also a believer which will make things so much less stressful.
In the meantime we are still gathering papers here and there for our dossier but are pretty much done.
Keep praying that this journey will be a demonstration of God's great power and glory.


Nous avons découvert il y a quelques semaines que le gouvernement Ethiopien a changé leurs lois concernant l'adoption. Avant ce changement il ne s'agissait que d'un voyage d'une semaine en Ethiopie pour amener notre petit garcon avec nous. Simple, facile et vite. Maintenant le nouveau processus est que nous irons rester une semaine la-bas, nous passerons du temps avec notre garçon et aussi irons en cour. Mais apres cette semaine la nous devrons retourner a la maison les mains vides et y retourner un à deux mois plus tard pour aller chercher notre enfant. J'aurai besoin de beaucoup de prières pour me supporter dans ce voyage difficile. Juste a y penser me met tout a l'envers. Mais je sais que Dieu sera là avec nous.
Le mois prochain nous commencerons notre étude de maison. J'aime vraiment la dame avec qui nous travaillons. Elle est une soeur dans le Seigneur, ce qui rendra le procede tellement moins stressant. En attendant nous recueillons toujours des papiers ici et là pour notre dossier mais nous avons presque tout termine cote dossier.
Continuez à prier que ce voyage soit une démonstration de la grande puissance et de la gloire de notre Dieu.

2 comments:

  1. Praying for you to have peace and grace to go through each step! God is so faithful, and He will provide and sustain! Love and prayers :)

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  2. We will be praying along with you! He will give you the strength you need! Who knows maybe they'll go back to the way they've always done it...you never know :)
    Blessings to your family!

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