Postponed

So our case was supposed to go before the judge yesterday to have one aspect of it settled....but.... our date had to be rescheduled due to a conflict of scheduling.
We're really bummed because we really hoped that this one aspect of our case would be behind us when we travel for our court date. As it stands now the judge is going to review everything the day of our court date. So we are praying that it all gets finalized that day and that maybe, possibly our letter could even be there that day?!
With how things are working right now this is a big prayer, but I have faith that if the Lord allows it than it WILL happen!
I can't go into much detail but please join me in praying that all will be worked out on May 19th!

Mwangaza Children’s Choir

We had the privledge of having the African Childrens Choir come and preform at our church last week. What a treat it was. Those kids were such a blessing to everyone there.
They told us all about their ministry.
This only whetted our appetite for Africa all the more! We are so excited to go knowing that there is a sweet 2 year old little girl there who we can't wait to meet!

EASTER!

We had a great day celebrating the resurection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Our church family was able to again meet ALL together at the Bijou Theater in downtown Knoxville, which was a blast. Stephen was able to get up on stage with the kids and do their song, he was soooo cute! Isaac and Bethany both decided that they were tired and just passed out half way through. Then we had our best friends the Sams and Shields over for lunch and fellowship. The guys got to go out and shoot and us girls got to gab (which we're real good at=). The big kids had fun playing with the littles. What a blessing they are in our lives!


A few Easter pics....

(PS. I'm not yelling at Isaac in the picture above=) We were hammin it up)

He is Risen!!! He is risen INDEED!!! Come Lord Jesus COME!!!

Update!

Yea we got an update this morning! We really were unsure if we would get one or not. The social workers over in Ethiopia typically start doing updates every other month after the child turns 2. Well 'A' turned 2 a few months ago but we have still been able to get an update each month! I'm so happy we got this because even thought they say she is 2 she is still not walking by herself. We found out in this update that she is starting to cruise along the walls and taking a few steps by herself! This is so bittersweet. I'm so happy that she is growing and progressing but it hurts that we are missing these milestones in her life (espcially since we have already missed so much of it). The social workers continue to tell us that she is a very sweet little girl. I can only laugh when i read about her getting upset when another child takes away her toy and how she goes to the nanny to 'tell' on them with a sad face. We got about 12 new pictures of her, some of which she is wearing boy clothes which our boys think is rather funny. 38 days till we leave!!!!