Submitted to court!

We have officially been submitted to court as of 6/28/13.  This is pretty fast considering we just received our referral on 6/24/13.  The courts in Ethiopia will close in August, so we are praying that we are able to get a court date before they close.  It will be very close, but we know that if it is God's will, then He can and will make it happen.  

So what happens now?  We wait for a court date.  The child that we are adopting was abandoned, so this case will be different from most of their cases, which are typically relinquishment's.  At any given moment, we can receive an email or a phone call telling us when we need to arrive in Ethiopia.  Once we pass court, the child is officially our child and we will just have to wait for a visa.  

If we do not get a court date before the courts close, then we will have to wait until they reopen in October.  Again, we know that we would be pushing it getting a court date within the next 30 days, but we will just continue to put our trust and faith in God's hands. 

Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and in your prayers.

xoxo