What?? We could be going to Ethiopia soon?!

Okay, so you know how we have been asking y'all to PRAY that we would receive word about a court date before the courts close in Ethiopia???  Because if we didn't then we would have to wait until the fall???  Well......

Yesterday morning our case worker called and said they have scheduled the first court appointment in Ethiopia for our daughter's case!!!!  It will be next Wednesday.  We won't be going just yet but if that appointment goes well (and oh, PRAY THAT IT DOES!) we will have our adoptive family court date scheduled pretty soon after that!!!  Our case worker said it could literally be within a few weeks!  Seriously, we could be in Ethiopia seeing and touching and holding our daughter within a few weeks!!!!  

This week we also sent off for our Ethiopian travel visas.  We filled out some more paperwork, headed over to Goin' Postal, and sent everything off.  We have to receive these in order to travel to Ethiopia.  We are working with a service that hurries things along and returns paperwork like nobody's business!  They are apparently crazy fast!

Also, in about a week Brian and I are going to get all of our fun vaccinations for our trip!! Ick....I'm trying not to think about that but if it gets us closer to our Lucy R then I'm doing it!

We are SO thankful for this amazing news and so thankful for all of your prayers!!!!  Continue to pray for our journey!!  Pray for our little Lucy R and us!  Pray for all of the funds that we need for our travel too!