Drum Roll Please.....

I will love You , O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God , my strength, in whom I will trust;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised

Psalm 18:1 - 2

WE PASSED COURT TODAY!!! Praise the Lord!!!

We got the verbal confirmation, not the written, but it is on it's way. We are SO excited as you can imagine. So what happens next?? Our kids will be transferred to the Thomas Center immediately, which is a staging area for kids waiting for their families. We then wait for an Embassy date (we should recieve it in a week), which our agency thinks will be February 2nd! We would travel the week before that, so the end of January sometime!!

As soon as we hear back from the Embassy, we book travel...Erica, our prayers may have just been answered!!!

Well, I don't know if I should laugh or cry...I think the emotions are close, so maybe I will do both. It has been such a long wait, but well worth it. Please pray for the kids as they have yet another change...please pray for their older siblings too as they will go through changes.

Today we are legally parents of 9 children so, with permission...I introduce to you our children... Meskerem, Eyob and Samuel (now I will really cry)

Meskerem

Eyob

Samuel

Thomas Center, their new home for about a month

Nannies in training at the Thomas Center

Ethiopian Countryside

Thomas Center

Thomas Center Play yard.