So many of you have joined us on this journey, and we are thankful.
We wanted to give you a brief update on a very complicated situation. We
have not given up on the children. Things seem somewhat bleak, but we
are still working with our team in Ethiopia to get the three siblings home.
There are letters being written, appeals being made (not
to the judge as he won't hear any but other avenues), and meetings being
held with key players. The next week is fairly critical
as we wait for answers from some government officials.
If that doesn't
turn out favorable, we will wait until October when some new officials
will be installed in the Court and hope they will agree to hear our
appeal.
We learned today
that the children's orphanage expects to close; they have found local
Ethiopian families for the other children but not for ours or for one
other little girl. (A sweet family in Utah has been trying to adopt her
for more than 2 years.)
We also believe there are only 1 or 2 families
still trying to adopt children from this Region of Ethipia; the others have all
given up. We, however, won't give up until the door is slammed shut,
locked, bolted, and barricaded. And even then we may keep pushing. We're
not superheroes by any means...we're just a mom and a dad and a brother
fighting to give three beautiful children what every child deserves...a
family.
