update...correction

We are still waiting to hear about a court date. Our agency is notified of court dates on Wednesdays so we are hoping to hear tomorrow. It does look like we will travel twice. The first trip will be to meet the baby and appear in court to tell the judge in person that we do want to adopt her. Then we will come home without her and travel approximately 7 weeks later to bring her home. We think each trip will be about a week long. There are many unknowns right now, because we are in the first group of families from our agency that are having to travel twice. Before we travel, there will be a court date in which our case will be presented by our agency. The biggest question is how soon we will travel for our court date once that first date is completed. We are hoping that we will travel before the recess which is believed to start on August 6th. If we don't get to appear in court before the recess, we will have to wait until October for our second court date. If both court dates occur before the recess, we can travel during the recess to bring her home. Our prayer is that we pass court quickly and then travel before the recess. We want our sweet little girl home before her first birthday which is October 24th. Please continue to pray with us that it will be God's will for our case to start to move quickly. We sent in our first application on September 15, 2008. I never dreamed the process would take 2 years. I have learned a lot during the wait, but I am so ready to have her in our arms. Traveling twice does make me anxious for several reasons. Our kids are already worried about us being gone so I know two trips will be harder on them. Also, I am sad that we will meet and love on our little girl and then have to leave her for 7-8 weeks. I think waiting is difficult now...I can't imagine how difficult it will be once we have held her. Lastly, the financial burden is also a stress, but we have seen God provide over and over in this process. I am working on a little fundraiser. I am making some Ethiopian cross necklaces with pretty beads. I'll post pictures soon. Thank you for your continued prayers....