We are expecting a boy.....two of them!!

Like cold water to a weary soul, is good news from a distant land.
--- Proverbs 25:25

We are so thrilled to announce to you that we have received news of our soon to be children! We do have pictures, but due to privacy regulations and concerns, we have been asked not to share pictures until they are officially ours!

We are the soon-to-be parents of two little boys!!! They are 7 months, and 14 months, so we will have quite a houseful! Although we had applied for siblings, our case manager told us that it has been several months since they have received any sibling groups, and these two little ones need a Daddy and Mommy! These two boys are coming from the same orphanage and same area of Ethiopia. So in God's perfect timing, they WILL be brothers!

Please continue to pray for our family. We are so humbled that God would allow us to be the parent's of these precious little ones! At the same time we are a bit overwhelmed with the idea of needing two of everything! Since these boys are not biological siblings, we will also need to send in more paperwork fees to the adoption agency. Please join us in praying that God would provide for these unplanned fees.

Please also pray for our boys. Pray that God would keep them safe and healthy and that the rest of this process would move quickly! We do not have a set timeline at this point as we must wait for the boys to be moved to the CWA foster home in Addis Ababa. Once there, they will have better medical care and provision, and the agency can apply for a court date. Once they have their day in court with the agency power of attorney they will officially be our children and we will get word as to when we can travel to pick them up (generally 2-3 weeks later). Our prayer is that this will occur during Jeff's Christmas break from school. Please join us in prayer, believing God for this desire of our hearts.

Thank you dear friends for praying for us, and encouraging us, we are so grateful for you. It is so obvious to us God's work in this entire process, He is so good! Please continue to check back, we will be updating this blog as often as we have news. Once we have a court date, and everything is official, we will also have pictures to share!

Believing Him,

Jeff and Mer