To help you understand the process a little better, I wanted to share with you exactly what's going on now. Our agency is working with the Ethiopian courts to get a court date for our case. Typically, it takes 2-4 weeks after a family accepts a referral to get a court date. We started counting yesterday. In talking with our agency, we expect that time frame to hold true for us.
Now, things are a little different for us because we'll be one of the very first families with our agency to be required to travel for court. While that might not sound like a big deal, it actually has some pretty big implications for how court will go in our case. There are several steps that will need to be completed in Ethiopia before we go. So, it's possible that having those things happen BEFORE we show up will mean that our court appearance will be later than normal...more like July instead of June. However, we pray continually that we can go in June for court because we're so eager to see our baby girl!! Begin praying now that God will bless us as we go before the court in Ethiopia with the right words to say and that the judge will pass us while we are there. That would be so amazing to pass court while we're in country!!
We will be in Ethiopia for about a week during our court appearance. Our agency has not filled us in on the logistics yet but we hope and expect to spend most of our time with Quilla while we're there. What an incredible blessing!! Once we pass court, we will wait on approval from the U.S. Embassy, which usually takes 4-12 weeks. Once we get the green light from the Embassy, we're on our way back to Ethiopia to bring Quilla home!
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I was beyond frustrated at first that you have to go to court while other agencies' clients do NOT have to go twice, but I look at it as a blessing, for reasons we've discussed via email. We are praying hard out here in Cali---
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