New Info!

Our friend, Michelle, traveled to Ethiopia to meet her son to be and to try to push along the paperwork. She met with people from our agency and the director/social worker from the Ethiopian orphanage. There are three boys from the same Southern region who have not received their paperwork. According to the Ethiopian orphanage, they have a man down there collecting the necessary documents. He has been there a couple of weeks already. (Because it's so far from the capital, he will stay until all the documents are collected). Our agency says that if the documents have not arrived soon (like this next week) they will send one of their own social workers. It is frustrating that it took someone going there to get things moving, BUT I was very encouraged after talking with her. So, we hope to have some news soon!

We have also decided that if we haven't been submitted to court by the time we return from India, we will also travel to Ethiopia before our court appointment. You can do all your paperwork then and don't have to appear at court.

Finally, I was so happy to hear that they're doing well, the school that they are in is wonderful (they even have a computer lab!), they actually have a lot of English, and that China is the sweetest boy ever! Mitike was also described as sweet, but spunky! (I see some future sister clashes there!)

We're in the home stretch! Keep praying with us!