Court date!!!

We finally got our court date - January 17th! We're so excited - we get to travel and meet the boys and spend time with them, and officially adopt them in Ethiopia! They notified us a week ago, on Dec. 16, but I've been so busy making arrangements I haven't had time to post.

Alex is going to go with us, and Lindsay will fly up from Tanzania to meet us as well. We will leave here Jan. 14th, and arrive late the night of the 15th. The next day is a Sunday, and we'll go over to Layla House and see the boys for the first time! I can't wait! We can spend all day with them that day; during the week they'll be in school, so we can spend afternoons and evenings with them at Layla (though our court date is on Monday, so they will probably go with us to that). We'll be in Addis Ababa for 5 days, so we'll do some sightseeing as well.

After Darren and I leave, Alex will fly back to Tanzania with Lindsay and spend 2 weeks with her there, helping her with the orphanage and school and whatever she's doing. They will also visit Alex Juma, the boy we sponsor with Compassion, who lives just a couple of hours outside of Arusha, where Lindsay lives, which will be an awesome experience for them too.

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support. We have been able to raise about half of the remainder of our adoption fees, and half of our trip fees, but we need the rest in the next 3 weeks, about $4000, so I really appreciate your continued prayers and agreement with us.

We certainly got an awesome Christmas present this year! :) And next year the boys will be with us. :) :) :)