Weddings, Life and REFERRAL!!!!!

So yes it has been many months since I have written because not much has changed... Except,  Emily is married, Amanda is coming home in July,  Rachel is in a relationship with a great guy we all really like, and Andrea has her permit and is going back to Etowah High School in the fall.  Carly graduated and is living with us and working at KSU.

Oh, and today we accepted the referral for 2 brothers ages 4 and 8 who have been waiting in the orphanage for a year to be adopted.  We are very excited and the girls are busy naming them and thinking of all the fun things they will do when they get here!  According to our agency there is a good chance we will be traveling for our court day some time in November and will perhaps have them by January or February of 2012.  That is, barring any unforeseen complication which there are many of in the adoption process.

So what are our next steps?  Well they will send some forms for us to sign, we have to update our home study and get a new form from the US immigration dept because the older boy is 1 year older than we are approved for and the younger boy has a health issue we are not approved for.

Please pray for us as we walk through this phase of the adoption process.  We are now waiting for paper work, finishing up an educational video and waiting for medicals to come in.  It will be a few weeks before we get any more information. 

We are praying for patience, provision and wisdom!  Thank you for your prayers and concern so far and am very excited for the day that will come when we can introduce them to our friends and family both in photo's and in person. (photos will not be able to be posted until after our first trip to Ethiopia)

Love to all
T