I just had to give a shout out of "Thank you LORD!" that MOWA (child protective services equivalent in Ethiopia's system) is moving along with their end of the paper work and signing letters which release children in Ethiopia to be matched with adoptive families!! Yip. yip! This is tremendous news and such an answer to many prayers. You can read about the hold up in letters here.
Since late September the amount of referrals being made have only trickled through leaving many adoptive families in the holding tank waiting. As adoptive families' wait times carries on and on, children are spending more time of their precious growing years in institutions/orphanages when they could be in their forever family's arms. So the news that referrals are coming and letters are being processed is a huge OPEN DOOR! You can read about our prayer requests for open doors here.
"What is a referral again?" you ask. A referral is the match of the orphaned child/ren to the adoptive family. So to say "referrals are coming" means that children are being matched with adoptive parents and processes can then move forward for adoption! One day, any day, we will get a phone call from our agency saying, "we have a referral for you!" and that is THE CALL that will introduce us to Tarik and Elsa for the first time.
Our time is growing near! We fully trust in the Lord that His ways are perfect and so is His timing for our family to be complete with the joining of Tarik and Elsa. Although the wait can be trying and has it's difficult times, we know that the best is yet to come! Now that these doors are open to Ethiopia and open to referrals, we feel the excitement of anticipating good news! Keep praying with us that all things run according to His plans and for His name to been given Glory through this adventure! Pray for those who have recently received referrals as their processes continue to the day they finally bring the precious children home!
Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts. He will open doors as He makes a way when there seems to be no way. Miracles happen every day!
Since late September the amount of referrals being made have only trickled through leaving many adoptive families in the holding tank waiting. As adoptive families' wait times carries on and on, children are spending more time of their precious growing years in institutions/orphanages when they could be in their forever family's arms. So the news that referrals are coming and letters are being processed is a huge OPEN DOOR! You can read about our prayer requests for open doors here.
"What is a referral again?" you ask. A referral is the match of the orphaned child/ren to the adoptive family. So to say "referrals are coming" means that children are being matched with adoptive parents and processes can then move forward for adoption! One day, any day, we will get a phone call from our agency saying, "we have a referral for you!" and that is THE CALL that will introduce us to Tarik and Elsa for the first time.
Our time is growing near! We fully trust in the Lord that His ways are perfect and so is His timing for our family to be complete with the joining of Tarik and Elsa. Although the wait can be trying and has it's difficult times, we know that the best is yet to come! Now that these doors are open to Ethiopia and open to referrals, we feel the excitement of anticipating good news! Keep praying with us that all things run according to His plans and for His name to been given Glory through this adventure! Pray for those who have recently received referrals as their processes continue to the day they finally bring the precious children home!
Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts. He will open doors as He makes a way when there seems to be no way. Miracles happen every day!
I think I was a student of your husbands at Williamsport Elementary around 2000. He was my writing teacher and it was there that sparked my love of writing and music. The other night, I was helping my nephew who is in 5th grade write something and I seriously sang him the power writing song :) That's what reminded me of my awesome teacher. If this is or isn't him, forgive my mistake, but either way it's amazing to see your beautiful family and focus on God.
ReplyDeleteYes Logan, it's Mr. V. from Williamsport - so amazing that you remember that song and the teaching times of grade 5. Blessed that you have held on to those fun days and took a moment to write about it here! Hope you all the best!
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