News for Inquiring Minds

Here's the latest for those itching to know....

1- Our cases were submitted to court on March 14th!  Praise the Lord!!!!!  It is looking like God is parting the waters for us.  :)
2- With this good news also came sobering news in this:  article  :(
3- Though we still may be facing some significant delays, there is a possibility we may be able to go to court this summer.  If we do not get a court date in June or July, the next available date we are looking at is October due to the courts shutting down for the rainy season.
4-  Will you please pray with us that God will do the miraculous and open up a door for us to go to court by July?  He can do big things.. He's already answered in amazing ways to bring us where we are now.  We are trusting Him to help us hop over every other hurdle to bring these babies home soon.  We are praying we'll be able to do this by September 11th, Hosanna's (estimated) first birthday.

Here's the latest on the kiddos:

Hosanna Ruth:
Little Hosanna will turn 7 months in just a few days.  She's getting so big!! We received a few updated pictures of her recently and we just want to squeeze her little cheeks and play with those curls.  Amazingly, it appears she has really gained weight and is looking quite healthy.  This is a huge praise considering that not long ago at 3.5 months old she only weighed 7.7 pounds.  I wish I knew what she was up to in that orphanage.  Can she sit up on her own?  Is she crawling?  Have they started to give her baby food yet?  God is taking good care of her, and prayerfully one day we'll be able to see all those developmental milestones right before us.

Mr. T
This little guy is our 3rd Ethiopian baby boy referral.  He is around 2 months old and is cute as a little button.  We know virtually nothing about this little man other than he appears to be healthy.  We've been leary to release the name we've chosen for him to others and for now are just referring to him as "Mr. T."  Many have asked us if we plan on naming him Tobias, and the answer is "no".  We carried "Little Buddy" who we were planning on naming "Tobias" in our hearts for 5 1/2 months.  We can't imagine using the name Tobias for another child because the face we see in our minds when we hear his name it is Little Buddy's.  So, another name is in the works  for Mr. T and we'll let the world know what that is once we get a court date.  :)