This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions and to be honest I am not exactly sure where we are at on this ride. The week started with some discouraging news coming out of Ethiopia that made a court date not appear anytime soon. Needless to say that was a huge disappointment for all of us because we thought we would be traveling sometime in July. Then yesterday while I was home eatting lunch with the kids our Bethany worker called and needed us to send some new paperwork in and felt like things are looking more optimistic for us. You think I would learn by now that nothing is positive in the adoption process, but somehow I can't always get my heart to follow my mind. In the saddness and frustration of Tuesday I realized just how much we love Eli Solomon. The thought of not having him with us soon about broke me. The thing I have to go back to is GOD KNOWS THE TIMING AND DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES!!

So PLEASE be in prayer with us- this next week or two is very important in us getting to Eli soon. The Ethiopian court system shuts down in the fall for a period of time and we pray we make it in before that happens. Pray that our paperwork gets into the right hands and that MOWA has all of our paperwork together. Thanks for praying us through this ride of adoption, we are so blessed to have so many who care. We will definately keep you posted as new updates arrive.

And don't forget to save JULY 16th on your calendar for our swimming party. We are hoping to have great weather and a great turnout. Keep inviting people to come, we would love to pack out The Falls!!!!!!