We’ve had so much happen in the last two weeks, I’ll stop to
update! Two weeks ago we were thinking about the next day with a lot of
anticipation and excitement. The events that unfolded that week were nothing
what we were expecting but so much more than we could’ve hoped for. Much of it
is detail that is hard to explain or hard for those not familiar with the
process in Ethiopia to understand—so we will just say this: God moved some
mountains on our case and the end result surpassed and exceeded what we thought
would get accomplished that week. That being said, during that week we probably
hit a low in the process thinking everything was falling apart and not working
out. At one point Troy asked me when the last time we got a phone call or email
with good news was. Things are so unpredictable and always changing! In the
end, we found God is trustworthy, as always, and His plan is better than ours.
We received a huge approval Friday of that week along with
another huge step forward last week with the embassy. Currently we are waiting
on two documents to be obtained (in Ethiopia) and a judge has said once those
are brought to court (by 12/8) they would schedule our court date!! It seems
within reach now and we are pumped up! We know from past experience though not
to count on anything and that may not happen as they say. Considering the past
few weeks of emotionally-draining ups and downs, we are kind of used to it but
we know God can continue to amaze us by blazing the path before us.
On Thursday an agency representative will be travelling to
try to get those two documents. We’d appreciate prayer for his success and that
they will be accepted as sufficient to continue to setting our court date. We
firmly believe we have already experienced a miracle and continue to embrace
God’s timing for this process. She will be worth the wait for sure!
