Well, as of last week, they dissolved the Women's Organization (MOWA) and they let go of the director. They created a new organization, MOWCYA, Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs. They say it will take a few weeks to restructure this unit and to staff it as well. It will eventually be a great thing for the country, but things were again set back a few weeks! Dennis and I have a peace about everything and will continue to pray for God's timing and for the children He has for us! There was one sibling referral yesterday, so we are #2 for unrelated, and #2 for siblings as well. Could be either, could be twins:) Thanks again for your prayers.
On a side note, I have accepted a position with America World as their Fellowship Coordinator. I'm meeting with my friend Gretchen next week, who is their Seminar Coordinator to get the details:) I'm excited to get this started before I get my babies! I would appreciate your prayers for this endeavor as well. Thanks!
Our Family
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Prayer Request for Ethiopian adoptions/court
Well, there were actually 3 new baby referrals on Friday, one girl and two boys, so we are #2 now for infant girl:) We also got a prayer request from our adoption agency on Friday that I thought I could pass along and ask you guys to pray for:
"We are writing to ask your family to join us in prayer for the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWA) regarding the number of cases they will be able to process each day. They have made statements that they desire to decrease the number of recommendation letters they write each day. We understand that because of these statements, the Court and MOWA are in the process of meeting to discuss and work out any potential changes or new processes regarding adoptions in Ethiopia. We want to blanket these meetings with prayer and ask you to come along side us in this."
Each and every adoption from Ethiopia has to have a letter from MOWA before they can pass court to verify that they approve the child for adoption. This has been one of the issues in the past several months, that they are sooo behind in their letters and if it's not in the file when you go to court, you don't pass until they give you the letter. Please be in prayer for us that this will not effect the process any more than it already has, or that MOWA will get the help they need to complete these letters. They are talking about going from writing 40 letters a day to writing 5 letters a day! Katie
"We are writing to ask your family to join us in prayer for the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWA) regarding the number of cases they will be able to process each day. They have made statements that they desire to decrease the number of recommendation letters they write each day. We understand that because of these statements, the Court and MOWA are in the process of meeting to discuss and work out any potential changes or new processes regarding adoptions in Ethiopia. We want to blanket these meetings with prayer and ask you to come along side us in this."
Each and every adoption from Ethiopia has to have a letter from MOWA before they can pass court to verify that they approve the child for adoption. This has been one of the issues in the past several months, that they are sooo behind in their letters and if it's not in the file when you go to court, you don't pass until they give you the letter. Please be in prayer for us that this will not effect the process any more than it already has, or that MOWA will get the help they need to complete these letters. They are talking about going from writing 40 letters a day to writing 5 letters a day! Katie
Friday, March 4, 2011
OK, I just looked at my last post and can't believe it's been 2 months since I've written:) Time does fly. We are currently number 3 on the list for infant girl. There has been more movement the last few weeks, and there has been a lot of court dates, embassy clearance, etc. They are scheduling for the beginning of April for court dates now, so if we get our referral soon, it will probably be around then when we go the first time... If, if, if... We're hanging in there, trying to enjoy the time we have right where we are at, where the kids are at, and praying a lot:) That's always a good thing!! I can't believe school is going to be out in a few months, crazy! I'll update when I have something more.
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