and still waiting:)

Since so many people have asked lately, I thought I'd update our website and say: Yes, we're still #1! Almost 7 weeks now, but time really is going so fast. May is sooo incredibly busy. I can't believe that Carter turned 7 on Sat. and I can't believe there is only 2 more weeks of school-yah! Summer! I'm sure time will continue to go way too fast and as far as our referral, I'll say what I've been saying for months: "Maybe tomorrow:)"

Still Number One:)

For those of you who didn't read our exciting news on facebook, we went to number one two weeks ago:) We're still waiting, but I'm hoping to get the call soon!! They will call us with our referral (ages of the kids) and then email us photos and medical records. Then, we have one week to accept the referral after we have the medical stuff checked out with our pediatrician. Soooooo, hopefully soon- maybe tomorrow!!

Update on MOWA

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!

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