WE HAVE A REFERRAL!!!!! After what seems like endless months of waiting, we received a referral yesterday for a sweet little boy, Eli Solomon Weimer!!! I received the call yesterday at work and couldn't believe it was finally for real. A referral for the Weimer family alone!!! He is 3 and a half years old and only 22 pounds. His eyes are beautiful and his little face just pleads with us to come. We were thrilled to complete the paperwork today and mailed it off to the national office in less than 24 hours from "the call."
So when do you get to see him and what is next???? We can't post any pictures of him until we pass court, but believe me he is adorable! :) Of course, I am his proud mama!! So we will start a new wait, the wait for a court date and then Jim and I will make the first of our two trips to Ethiopia. After we pass court, Eli will be legally ours. However, we have to return home (without Eli) and another hard wait will come. After 4-6 weeks home, they will schedule our Embassy appt and then we can bring him home. Once we hit US soil, Eli will be a US citizen and officially a WEIMER.
Thank you to so many for praying us through the last months of very emotional waiting. It was hard but Eli is worth it!!! We are praising and thanking the Lord for this most wonderful gift! He is perfect in every way.
Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.
So when do you get to see him and what is next???? We can't post any pictures of him until we pass court, but believe me he is adorable! :) Of course, I am his proud mama!! So we will start a new wait, the wait for a court date and then Jim and I will make the first of our two trips to Ethiopia. After we pass court, Eli will be legally ours. However, we have to return home (without Eli) and another hard wait will come. After 4-6 weeks home, they will schedule our Embassy appt and then we can bring him home. Once we hit US soil, Eli will be a US citizen and officially a WEIMER.
Thank you to so many for praying us through the last months of very emotional waiting. It was hard but Eli is worth it!!! We are praising and thanking the Lord for this most wonderful gift! He is perfect in every way.
Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.
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