Tuesday, July 7, 2009

we wait on...

We got a call today that we did not pass court. There is something wrong with one of the documents for Silas. The judge closed our case while this is being fixed. We now will have to appeal and get a new court date. It could be two weeks or more before we receive a new court date. Please pray for a swift resolve and for us as we are sad today about the news. We do have great hope, however. We know this is not a surprise to God and He will bring Silas home exactly when he is supposed to be here!


edited to add: We now have found out that MOWA (the ministry of women and children's affairs) in Ethiopia is taking two weeks off for training. Seriously?! This means there will be no new court dates issued during that time, and when they do resume normal business, there will be quite a backlog of families waiting. This means it could push our case back even further. We are praying that the Ethiopian courts DO NOT close from August-October this year! If they do indeed close, there basically would be no chance for us to get a court date, pass, and get through in time. We need a miracle! Please pray for our sweet Silas, and all other families involved in these hang-ups. I'm not sure what I would do without the hope of Jesus today!!!

5 comments:

Dawn said...

so sorry, praying for your family.
dawn g

Melodie Monberg said...

I hear you...we were so hoping to have a court date soon...but we all wait...I keep reminding myself that number one, God will not allow our children to be there one minute longer than he planned and two, our kids are being well taken care of while we wait.

Hang in there!

Melodie

Andrea said...

I understand how you are feeling. All this heartache will be worth it in the end.

Unknown said...

praying to the God of miracles on your behalf. Oh, it sucks to wait!!! I'm really sorry.

Stacie@HobbitDoor said...

We're praying along with you guys!