Praise for Movement! First Court Date Set!

Praising God for His goodness and grace as we just found out yesterday that the first of two court dates has been set! This first court date takes place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and involves those who have history with our son's case to testify that he is an orphan and available for adoption. Todd and I do not travel for this court date. May 29th is the date for first court, so be praying!!! After this date we will wait for a clearance signature from the officials and then the second court date will be set!! This is the one where Todd and I get to travel, meet our boy, and claim him as our son!! It's coming folks! Please be praying that all goes well and that there are no more unexplained delays in the paperwork chain, courts, etc. etc. of whatever else can happen to delay our case. God will make a way and prepare the path before us. Prayers please, and thank you for lifting up our family and our new son as we persevere through this process!

Romans 8:38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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