Monday, January 31, 2011

LOVE!

Last October we received a referral for the most beautiful little girl. For reasons that Scott and I are totally at peace with, our referral did not continue. For the past couple months we have just been waiting and praying for the exact child that God has for our family. This past week we received "the call" from our family coordinator for a most precious 4.5 month old little BOY!

Scott and I were both on the phone as she told us a little bit about him and his background. She then told us that his given name is S*****. Scott and I both started to laugh (and cry) because his name is the very one that we had decided on using if we were blessed with a boy. Do you get how awesome that is? His birth family and our family choose the same name.

We told the kids and gave them each a picture of their new brother. Amelia's first words were, "I guess I was always meant to be the only Murray girl." The boys were cheering...



Here's what needs to happen next...
*Our agency to obtain/prepare our documents for court
*The Ethiopian court to accept our paperwork
*Get a court date
*Fly to Ethiopia to meet our son and go to court
(maybe 3 months from now)
*Fly home
*Our agency to submit paperwork to the US Embassy
*US Embassy to perform an investigation and release a VISA
*Fly back to Ethiopia to pick up our son.

(I got this little list from another adoptive family's blog)

Nothing is ever predictable with international adoption. We are praying that we will receive a court date soon and that the rest of this process process will go smoothly. Please pray for our little S*****, for his health and safety. We are thankful for all your prayers and love.

I forgot to mention that we are not able to publish his picture until he is offically ours.

8 comments:

Jasmyn said...

this post gave me goosebumps -- so thrilled for your family and little S-man :)

Carrie said...

YIPPIEE!!!! Praising Jesus! What fabulous news!!!!

Mrs. Spice (Holly) said...

SO EXCITED FOR YOU ALL!!! It's in all caps because I was shouting it...out of joy! Can't wait to meet Simba...that's the name you chose, right?

Candi said...

How awesome is that! So excited for you!

Robyn said...

I didn't realize Shindoo is an Ethiopian name... ;) So excited and we love him already!!!

Kristi said...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kim F said...

wow! so thrilled for you all. amazing how God works.

Mikele said...

I'm of course praising God, but everytime I look at S***** I feel bad for you calling him swears.

Hahahaha!

I can't wait to stack stuff on him.