Well, we’ve still not heard anything about our court date.  It’s funny to think we had hopes of finding out the day of the bio mom’s court appearance, which was two and a half weeks ago.  The hope was small, but there none-the-less.  I guess we were a bit naive.

As of now, we wake up each morning and sometime before lunch open our email with a new hope that the in box will bear good news; and each morning for the last couple weeks we’ve just shrugged and said, “hopefully tomorrow”.  The good news is that because of the time difference (Addis is 10 hours ahead of Albuquerque), there’s no expectation of hearing anything after about mid-morning, so we don’t have to go through the entire day anticipating.

As I reread what’s been written above so far, it sounds sort of melancholy.  That’s not intentional, and really not at all what we’re trying to convey.  It’s true that we’re disappointed when we don’t see THE email, but it’s even more true that we realize it’s all part of the journey.  And most importantly, it’s ALL in God’s time. His timing is perfect, and the day we get the news will be THE perfect day.  And we’ll scramble, like so many who’ve adopted before us, to get tickets bought and arrangements made; and we’ll go to Ethiopia for the 1st time, and then we’ll come home and wait again for the news that it’s time to go and get them and bring them home. And it will all happen in God’s perfect time.

So, if and when you feel the urge to ask, “have you heard anything?”, please do! Frankly, as time passes, many folks don’t think too much about the adoption, which is completely understandable.  Everyone has busy lives of their own.  So when somebody does ask, it reminds us that they are thinking about, and likely praying for, our kids and the adoption; and that’s a beautiful thing.  We must add, however, when we do hear, you’ll all be the first to know.  We can’t imagine someone asking and us having to respond, “Oh yeah, didn’t we mention…..”.

None-the-less, please ask any time the urge strikes. We’ll be glad you did.