Easter in Ethiopia

If you're interested, here's some info on Easter in Ethiopia.

http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/2009/04/celebrating-easter-week-in-ethiopia/

Info from Bethany Christian Services blog

This past week two cases have come out of court approved, four families have returned home with five children, and six children were matched with five families!

Bethany has about 55 families with dossiers in Ethiopia. Families with dossiers sent in late July 2008 are waiting the longest. About one fourth of these families are open to or only wanting a sibling group, about one fourth of the families have a preference for a female children as young as possible. Other families who are waiting are open to either gender in various age ranges.

We are thankful for all of the families who are preparing their heart and home for their children for Ethiopia.

I have to admit that reading this kind of made me a little sad. There are families waiting since last July! With a fourth of the families wanting a girl it makes me feel fairly confident we will have a boy. :-) I am SOO ok with that.

Dossier is on the move!

We set our dossier off to the Bethany office in Iowa. Bonnie reviewed it and we did it correctly, Praise the Lord!
This is an email we received from her today

Hi Dave and Kami
Awesome job on the dossier! It was mailed 2nd Day UPS to National yesterday.
Your dossier will be reviewed by Jane at Bethany National, then sent to Washington DC for authentication at the Ethiopian Consulate, then back to Bethany National - and then off to Ethiopia. Then you wait for your referral. I will also continue to send you information on children who are waiting for a family because they are older or have special needs. If you have interest in adopting any of these children, just let me know.

I guess I thought after Bonnie reveiwed it it would just be sent to Ethiopia but apparently there are a few more steps. But that's ok. I am thrilled we did it all right and that we don't have to fix anything. So, our dossier is out of our hands and is on the move which is so exciting.

I will let you know once we hear that it's headed to Ethiopia.