So we're starting our blog...again. We are more readers than we are writers. Sorry for the long delay for any one who has wondering!



Our adoption plans are moving along really quite fast. We anticipated maybe having a child in our home by next spring originally. Now it is quite possible that we may be traveling to Ethiopia to pick up our child before Christmas...not guarenteed but possible! Now that we are back from our summer project in Juneau we are talking to our agency more frequently. We're finding ourselves all at once excited, nervous, busy, confused, freaked out, and yet at peace. We have no doubt that this is God's plan for adding to our family.



We continually come across more and more confirmation that God is the author of this endevour. Just this week I was talking with a friend from our church who is also pursuing adopting an Ethiopean child. Her and her husband just found out about a local group of Ethiopean Americans in our very diverse college town. This is huge for us as we really desire to incorporate the Ethiopean culture into our family. We are hoping to be able to celebrate some Ethiopean holidays and learn some customs we can introduce in our family - especially the cooking. I'm always excited about new recipes, but this carries a greater than normal significance for me!



Now to give you a few facts: We are 3rd on the waiting list for boys and 24th for girls. This of course means we're closer to hearing about a boy who is available for adoption. Since we didn't specify the gender we are obviously most likely to receive a referral for a boy and therefore eventually have another son! The time that this could happen in is very close. If you're praying for us, pray that we'll have wisdom when we do receive a referral - knowing the right questions to ask, the information we need from the international pediatrician, etc. Also you can pray that Jason and I will be physically in the same place. Upon hearing about a child, we will have a week to look over the photo and info of the child and then we need to have all decisions made. Jason will need to be in Alaska to close summer project in August and we're really hoping that we aren't receiving our referral just as he is leaving for that! Either way, God will give us what we need.



Thanks for praying for our family!