Long awaited update

Okay, so a lot has happened since our last post. Let’s start with the progress with our adoption. We are chugging along, but the path still seems so long. We have now completed basically everything we can do and are truly in the waiting game.

Our homestudy went great once it got started. We had a slight mishap with our living room walls the night before the homestudy. AKA I (Katie) messed the walls up and we had to repaint the ENTIRE living room, entry way, and hall way. But as always we were blessed with friends and family who came and bailed us out at 8pm Sunday night. On the positive side our living room looks wonderful now!

So we have completed our homestudy and have had our appointment for CIS fingerprinting. I think we are only a month or so out from being on the waiting list. I can’t wait to officially be on the waiting list for our little boy! We have had one big change. A couple of weeks ago Ethiopia passed a new international adoption law that says that we will have to travel twice to Ethiopia. That means Josh and I will have to travel for the Ethiopian court date, which normally our agency just represents us. But now we both get to meet our precious son just a little sooner but then have to leave him for another 3-6 weeks  until we go back to finalize the adoption with the US consulate and bring him home! So that means more time off from work, leaving Caleb for another week and more money. BUT Jesus knows that and some how will use this to be a blessing to all involved!

Thanks for all your encouragement!
Katie