Court Update

Just a quick adoption update.  There is another hearing this Friday (June 21st) in Ethiopia regarding our girl. 

The birthmother cannot be located and has effectively disappeared.  Apparently the protocol in this situation is that the orphanage director takes a letter to the court from the police stating that they cannot locate the woman.  The judge may be satisfied by this letter or she may ask for further information, documentation, etc.  Please pray for the former.

In addition, there is one other important approval letter that needs to be presented to the judge from the Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Affairs.  This letter was not completed and ready at the first birth parent hearing on June 10^th.  And, we’ve since heard that this agency has been “in meetings” and is behind on the completion of these letters.  Please pray that ours is complete and that it is presented to the judge this Friday.    

If these two items are in place on Friday, perhaps there is a chance that the judge would see fit to push this adoption through by granting us a hearing in Ethiopia prior to the July 6^th court closure.  We would like nothing more.  Please pray that the judge might be sympathetic to the situation and inherently aware of what it would mean for our baby to be united with her family as soon as possible.  Please pray that she might be compelled to schedule an adoptive family hearing now before courts close.