We are submitted!

This morning started in its usual way....except that I hurried downstairs a bit more than usual, so that I could check the computer and see if we were submitted to Embassy yet - after all, it was 1:30 p.m. in Addis Ababa already when I came downstairs.  :-)  No email.  A bit after that, Dave seemed to get downstairs  sooner than usual and quickly checked his email.  Nothing.  So, we got on with the day, hoping, but preparing that it may not happen again today.  After I got to work, I checked my email ONE MORE TIME before I went to get the kids off the bus - and there it was!  We have been submitted to the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia!!!  One more step closer to bringing her home....

What does this mean from here?  Well, more waiting on another email from the Embassy.  They will be doing some people and paperwork checking, and once they have found everything to be satisfactory, they will contact us.  Then we can set up our time to come to the Embassy and get Martha's travel visa, so that she can come HOME!

Please continue to pray that this process continues in a very timely (okay, I mean  really quick like, super fast and as soon as possible!) manner.  The closer we get to the end of the school year, the more complicated this trip planning may get.  We are trusting in God's timing once again.....and at the same time, we are really eager to know what that timing is!