Just an update for those of you who are tracking our adoption process:

November 2 – Home Study

November 23 – Picked up Home Study Report from Social Worker

November 25 – Fedexed Dossier to Holt

Early December – Officially on Ethiopia Waiting List

December 5 – Fingerprinting with USCIS/Filed I-600A

December 12 – Received I-171H (I-600A approval) (I think one week is probably record time for this; it is one of the only things that has actually gone more quickly than I expected.)

Today, January 15, I received word that our Dossier has been authenticated and has been received in Ethiopia.

We’ve now been on the waiting list for about a month and a half; we’ve requested a baby boy, under 12 months old. We are really hoping to have a referral sometime this summer. There are so many variables that it is impossible to guess when we will finally be able to travel to Ethiopia to get our baby boy. Right now I am praying that he will be in our arms by Christmas but trusting that God’s timing is perfect in every situation. Would you please be praying for us and our little boy? It is so hard to have this indefinite wait ahead of us that is completely out of our control.

I’ve just been reading in Daniel 4 that “the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He will.” What a comfort to know that He is the One in control, both here and in Ethiopia!