Questions & Answers

Thanks to each and every one of you for sharing in our joy this week! It has been so much fun to share our joy with you and we know that our little girl is coming home to a loving, supportive and welcoming community!

Throughout this week, there have been plenty of questions that you're asking - or maybe do not dare....so we thought we'd address some of them here.

When is she coming home to Lewis Center?
This past week, our papers were submitted to court in Ethiopia. Hopefully in a month, we will be given a Court Date - which then would allow us to make travel plans. Our hope is that the Court Date would be in late April or early May (please pray that we are Home for Ellie's Birthday on May 6 and here for Anna's Dance recital on May 20). Our first trip will probably be around 7-8 days long.

After that trip, we will return to Lewis Center, without her, though, as we await the processing of her Visa. Hopefully, then we will return in June or July (Joshua's birthday is June 26 and Anna's is July 6 - we'd like to be Home for those too) and on that trip of 4-5 days, we will bring her home with us!!!!

Do you have any baby stuff at your house?
That's a definite NO! :-) Remember we weren't thinking BABY......but, we'll figure all that out soon.

What's her story?
Her story, as is the case with most Orphans, is very sad and breaks our hearts. But, it is HER story and we will not be sharing the details of it. As she grows and asks questions and is ready to hear her story, we will share it with her.

Are we scared because of what happened to our first referral?
Yes, we are probably more anxious because of that. But, we do not want fear or anxiety to stop us in our tracks and miss the blessings (yes, and challenges) that God has in store for us.

Will you keep her name?
Yes, without any doubt. There are several reasons....
*Other than the clothes on her back, it is the only thing that she brings with her from Ethiopia.
*Her birthmother gave her this name, and out of respect, admiration and deep, deep gratitude to to her, we will keep the name that she gave her daughter
*This Biblical name of hers, will always remind us of God's answered prayer, in that Vicki had asked God to match us with a child that had a Biblical name. It will be a daily reminder of God's faithfulness to us and something by which we can tell her of God's faithfulness to her also.

Will there be any more fundraising?
Hopefully, not (but.......just for fun, Google plane tickets to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....yikes!) and just like the baby stuff.....we'll figure that out soon.

If you have any other questions, please contact us. We'd love to share more of our story!

Thanks again for rejoicing with us - we are grateful for each of you who continue to support us on the journey!