She's Ours!

She ours! She's finally ours!

We finally passed court last night and got the news early this morning: Eleni is finally legally ours! What a day to remember. We are thrilled and relieved.

This means we should get to go to Ethiopia in July and bring her home!

Two verses on my mind today in thanks to God's faithfulness:

"The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it." (1 Thess. 5:24)

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know the the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations." (Psalm 100)

What else can I say? We are overwhelmed with joy!

More Frustration and Disappointment

It has been a hard couple of weeks. We were told that our next court date would be last Friday, the 7th, but the 7th came and went and it was never actually our court date.
Then we were told this week that our court date was May 13 (yesterday), so once again we prayed and were hopeful, but the day came and went only to find that this was yet another miscommunication. So our next date is the 13th on the Ethiopian calendar (NOT May 13), which supposedly translates to next Friday, the 21st. But I am skeptical, as we have been told twice now wrong dates.
I have no words of wisdom for myself, or cool verses, other than to say I know God is still in control and I still believe Him.