Leaps and Bounds! #16!!!

We had heard a rumor (aren't forums great...?) that there was hopefully going to be a large batch of referrals before the June 1 cut-off date (when they no longer feel referrals will make it through Ethiopian court before it closes for the rainy season). And today it came! We jumped up The List to #16! We have not seen movement like that in the whole time we've been waiting! There are actually only 10 people in front of us on the List (remember, that's only about 40% of the total people waiting) waiting for infants, so that makes the list even shorter! Wow! And a few reports of referrals usually trickle in after a day of referrals like this because people take a day or so to decide to accept their referral (often waiting to have their medical evaluations reviewed). So we could possibly see even further movement!

We also saw the people 2 ahead of us on the list get a referral today. (things don't always go in order, depending on what gender you've requested, what medical issues you are willing to accept, etc.) It made us realize that this could happen to us any day (as well as not for another few months! The joy of adoption!) But we had not even thought about getting a referral before July. This is when I'm glad the timing is in God's hand, but also realize that with things being in His hands, ANYTHING can happen.

So we're asking you to pray. If it's good to God, we would REALLY love to get through court before it closes for a huge multitude of reasons. If it's not God's best, we certainly don't want it and will wait even if it doesn't seem best to us. But if it's good and pleasing to Him, we'd love for you to ask for that with us. Thanks!