05.13.10

So, today Jessica at Children’s House International left a message on our phones over lunch, telling us that we’d received our court date, when we’ll get to meet our little man Elsay for the first time! June 8th! It makes sense to go over for the court date as it will save us time and money in his citizenship process, a lot of paper work hassle and $500 on this end.

We are super stoked about this! Naturally. Way sooner than expected. Jessica let us know earlier in the week that we’d expect to get a court date in a couple weeks, and then this, way ahead of schedule, and way sooner than we’d expected. We’re elated, but also in task mode of making it happen, flying in 3 and a half weeks over there. We plan on staying over in Ethiopia for a couple months until we can bring him home...maybe serving with YWAM Ethiopia, if the need and option is available. We either have to stay over there or come back and fly over there again, and because it falls over our summer it makes more sense to stay over there, plus we get an option to see Elsay a little more, maybe spend his birthday with him (July 7), get to know Ethiopian culture a little bit more, and experience the nation and its peoples for ourselves.

Thanks be to all of our friends who have prayed alongside us. The Lord has been so gracious and generous with us! Praise Him!!!