God planted the seeds, our eyes and hearts were open and we're taking that leap of faith into unknown territory where only God Himself can be revealed. Proverbs 24:12 tell us: "Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible." So with much joy, we welcome you on our journey to bring home a baby girl from Ethiopia!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Some fun stats....

So today we got word where we fall on the "list" and an approximate timeframe before we see the face of our precious baby girl. Which by the way, Luke thinks she was born on June 30th or July 1st! Don't ask me why, he just had that feeling. Anyways, here's what we were told in a nutshell. There have been SO many referrals lately, and things are moving along very fast. We are overall #10 on the waiting list for everyone adopting from Ethiopia through Adoption Associates. Out of the nine families ahead of us, there are 2 waiting for infant girls 0-12 months, 5 waiting for either gender and 2 waiting for over age 1. If there are a slew of boys, that puts us at #3 on the list! As far as an approx timeframe, they are very careful giving these out. Max wait time is 10-12 months (as originally told), but the director feels it will be closer to 4-8 months. I'm not sure if this is good, fast, etc because we've never done this before, but it brings me to tears thinking that by early next year, we could be meeting this little baby that was made for our family! Please join us in praying for all of these children that are sitting in orphanages waiting for their forever family. May the Lord unite each of them to the families he has planned for them very soon.

3 comments:

  1. Yaay! I'm so excited for your family (and our family)! I can't believe all the work is done and you are now anticipating the arrival of my niece:) Your family is in our love and prayers.

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  2. WOW!! Craziness and so exciting. I guess you're now officially "pregnant". Congrats and we can't wait to meet her.

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  3. Yes, that is a good timeframe. :)

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