Embassy Clearance

Well, our paperwork was finally sent to the US Embassy in Ethiopia this past Thursday. We had been praying all week that everything would be in place and that we wouldn't be held up any longer. Well, Friday morning we got an email from our adoption case worker and our paperwork had gone through!!! We couldn't believe how fast it went through and there were no problems. Praise the Lord!! The only additional thing they asked for was a new picture for Isaiah's visa. They said this should only take a couple days to complete and we should be traveling the end of next week or weekend for a embassy date the week of the 7th. Right now we are the only ones traveling that week from our original group, but there are still two other families left that we are hoping will travel with us. We love the bond that we have formed with the other adoptive families that have been going through all of this with us. They are the one's that best understand exactly how we feel. The ups and downs of adoption are definitely unavoidable.

So we are so over-joyed right now knowing that we will be heading back to Ethiopia within the week. We will be holding our son again, and we will never be separated by continents again. We pray once again for safe flights and a healthy trip to Ethiopia. Our God is good!