We received our court date!!!! We will be holding our little man in our arms October 29th. Our date to appear in front of the Ethiopian Judge is October 31st. We have waited for so long for the moment.  We leave this Sunday morning and will arrive in Ethiopia Monday morning. Rob and I are ready to go hold our little guy for the first time and just let him know that we will do our best to make the best home for him possible. We will raise him to love Jesus and to make Him #1 in his life.  Please pray for traveling mercies for us. I'm so thankful for our church family, (Sunbury Nazarene Church) I know they will also be praying.  Please also pray for my in-laws because they will be coming here while we are gone to look after Avery and Brock. I'm so thankful that they are willing to do this for us. We will have peace of mind knowing that they are being taken care of. God Bless! Oh, BTW, I should be able to post pictures when we get back.  :)

Well I finally have some good news!! We received our referral August 30, 2012. I was driving on my way home from work when the phone rang from our adoption agency. My heart started beating so fast because i just had that feeling. Sure enough, my case worker said, " I have a referral for you".  I totally didn't even know what to say. She started to tell me all about this perfect little guy and told me that she would send his profile in the mail and to review everything and if we were going to accept him to sign the letter and return it. That is just what we did. I wish I could show everyone the picture of him, he is the most beautiful little wide eyed perfect 12 month old boy that I've ever seen. We started this process in 2010 and here it is Sept. 11, 2012 and we finally have our referral. We are now waiting on a court date. Hopefully that will be as soon as possible. I'm praying that all the future steps will be according to God's will and I'm having faith that we won't experience any hurdles. God is so good and I'm amazed of His faithfulness.