Court Date!

God is so good! We received a court date of May 13!!! If we pass (30% of families don't pass the first time) we will travel 2-4 weeks later...That means we could be traveling by the end of May!

Please pray that we pass court on the 13th!!

The numbers

Last night I read the Wistrom Family Blog, and read some startling statistics.
We know there are 5 million orphans in Ethiopia right now. So, how many of those children are finding forever families in the U.S.? Last year, 1,725 did. 1725 out of 5 million!!! (I really thought it would be more).

There are over 143,000,000 orphans in the entire world. Last year, 17,433 children were adopted into our country. 17,433 out of 143,000,000!!!
(I had hoped it would be more)

Have you considered adoption? Is God whispering in your ear to love the least of these? I pray there will be more!!

Referral Received!!

We received the most wonderful tax day present!! On April 15, we finally received Gavin's referral. He is a beautiful 5-year-old boy, whom we hope to meet by early July. We are all so excited, having sent in our acceptance letter, reading over his profile and starting to think about our trip to Ethiopia.
Gavin (our name for him, since we've started this whole process- we can't reveal his Ethiopian name until after we pass court) should be getting his first care package from us by next Tuesday. Thank you Short Family for taking this for us, as you pick up your little girl! We can't wait to see his pictures!
We're new to this whole blogging things, so bear with us as we figure it out!