Oh Happy Day!

We are on the list!!   We can not tell you how excited, relieved, and blessed we are to have been given the news yesterday.  We are officially number 98 on the list.  How the referral list works is very simple, yet hard to understand at times.   As families receive a referral of a child we will go down on the list.  However, not every family on the list is looking for an older child.  Children's Hope has told us to use our number as a guide of progress, but not to hold to much weight in the number since there are not 97 families on the list looking for a girl between 2 to 4 years of age.  Some families are seeking infants, boys, or siblings.  We have been informed that due to the US embassy requesting more documentation of the status of the children being orphans the referral process has slowed down.  Ethiopia is a very relaxed country that does not have the conveniences of Internet, fax machines, or at times working phone lines.  Please join us in praying that God will provide the money needed to finish our journey, that our daughter is safe, for all orphans in Ethiopia and the world, and that God will grant us patience as we patiently wait for our phone call.  We will update everyone with our new number when it is received.