Adoption Update

Good news:  He signed the paper.  

Bad news:  The computer system is down 

so it could not be registered.

  :-(  

That leaves us still without a court date.  

Please pray that the computer is up and running tomorrow. 

New mercy...

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
    his mercies never come to an end; 

 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23 

It has been a long weekend.

But today we hope to hear

when our court date 

will be.

Pray that we continue to look to the Lord

for our strength

whether we hear today

or not. 

Another delay of our court date...

No court on Monday.  

We got word today that there is a paper that 

only one man in this country can sign.  

He didn't sign it.  

Once we have confirmation that he has signed, 

then our translator will talk to the judge 

about getting a court appointment.  

We have no idea when that will be.  

Please pray.

  

We are discouraged with yet another delay.

God's Timing in all things!

Sometimes God's timing is not the same 

as our timing...

We are not having court tomorrow.

The paperwork did not make the early train 

in order to be here in time

for our court appointment tomorrow.

The next available court date was

next Friday

but

our translator was able to

get the judge to agree to see us

during her lunch break on

Monday, March 4. 

We are disappointed to have to wait another 3 days,

but very grateful that the judge would 

agree to see us during her lunch break.  

In other new,

today is the 

one year anniversary

of our adoption of Julia!!

We are very sad that we are not with her to celebrate, 

but we will give her plenty of hugs and kisses 

and special gifts when we return.

Meanwhile, Grandma and Jacob are planning something

special for her today...  

This has been really hard, 

being away from the children for so long...

Please pray for strength and stamina for us.

We are feeling very weary.

Update: Prayers Answered!

We have word that the paperwork that was needed

was sent to our little one's country

today at 12:15!

Praise God!

He is in control.

Please continue to pray that 

our little one's country

will process the

paperwork

and we 

can have

court on

Friday, March 1.

Thank You.

The praise and glory belongs

only to the Lord!

Blessed be His glorious name forever.

May the whole earth be filled 

with His glory.

Psalm 72:19

Prayers Needed

There is one piece of paper 

that needs to get to our child's country today!

If it doesn't arrive by the end of business today, 

we may not be able to have our court date on Friday.

Please pray - we serve a God who is in control of everything.  

He listens to every prayer.

Thank You.

We have a court date!!

Yay!

We have a court date!

March 1 at 10:00 am

we will go to court to finalize our adoption of Hannes!

And then we can share photos of him

with all of you!

And publicly say where we are!

Next steps:

There is a mandatory ten business day

waiting period.

The purpose of this is to allow anyone who wishes to

contest the court decision.

After the waiting period is over,

we can pick up the court decree.

We then use that to change his birth certificate

to his new name

and 

list us as his parents.

Then we also need to apply for his passport.

Once we receive it, we travel to the capital of this country.

Then we go to the US Embassy to apply

for a visa to bring him to the US.

The particular visa we are applying for will make

him a US citizen when he lands on US soil.

After our 10 day wait, 

the rest should only take about a week and a half!!

Then we come home!

Yay!