Moving Day...

January 22nd, 2008

Joshua and Josiah were finally moved to the capital today in Addis Ababa from the Soddo region. This is a major step towards bringing them home. It also means that the Addis Ababa orphanage recently had children adopted and taken home by their new families to create space for our sons.

We rejoice over this creation of new families and pray that their transition and adjustment period goes quickly and smoothly.

Now we wait for the final three steps to occur. First, the children will need another complete medical exam and testing. Once cleared, our paperwork will then be submitted to the court system and we will wait for a court date. Once the court date occurs with our agency representing us there, we will then have the US embassy appointment set, where we can plan our travel dates to coincide with the twins visa's being ready for our pickup.

In all, we're probably 90 days away from traveling, give or take a month.