Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Got It!!!! Officially Ours!!!!





WOW! We prayed and prayed that we would get the official decree before we left Ethiopia! We cried out to the Lord all day yesterday and He heard our cries!!!!

Thank you for praying with us! Now we introduce our daughter, Acacia Dibora, to you!

Our goodbye was a celebration without tears! We were able to say with FULL assurance "You ARE our girl and we WILL be back soon!" We ate noodles for lunch today and our daughter, Dibora was slurping the noodles up really fast! She kept saying "FAST MOMMY FAST!!" Then when we left she said, "Come FAST Mommy!!!" So she understands that we will be back FAST! What a wonderful day! I expected many tears. Instead we have been singing and praising the Lord for the last few hours and are getting ready to see our families for the first Christmas in 4 years! PTL!!

Please pray that the medical and passport appts happen this week and our paperwork will be submitted to the Embassy within a couple weeks. Pray that everything is cleared so we can come back to get her in no more than 2 months!!! Thank you for joining us in our celebration!

16 comments:

Unknown said...

Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow!

Ethan Barnowsky said...

beautiful!!!! Love you guys!!!! Cannot wait to see you in a WEEK!

Almost cried a little when I saw the pics of the kids and read the news.

The Lains rule!

Ethan Barnowsky said...

beautiful!!!! Love you guys!!!! Cannot wait to see you in a WEEK!

Almost cried a little when I saw the pics of the kids and read the news.

The Lains rule!

Ethan Barnowsky said...

beautiful!!!! Love you guys!!!! Cannot wait to see you in a WEEK!

Almost cried a little when I saw the pics of the kids and read the news.

The Lains rule!

Ethan Barnowsky said...

beautiful!!!! Love you guys!!!! Cannot wait to see you in a WEEK!

Almost cried a little when I saw the pics of the kids and read the news.

The Lains rule!

Candace said...

Look at your beautiful family! Huge prayers answered. Love you guys!

Candace said...

Look at your beautiful family! Huge prayers answered! Love you guys!

Christian said...

Congrats, guys. That's really exciting. Safe travels back to the US.

Sol:MADE said...

Joining you in the celebration! Maybe we'll be back in Ethiopia at the same time again!

Sarah Richmond said...

Yea!!!! So so happy for you all! We have been praying and checking in on your blog regularly for updates since we got back. Yea God! Merry Christmas and speedy returns to Addis for all of us! Hugs, -Sarah

Chris & Karen said...

Whoo hoo!! Thank you, Lord!! She's beautiful! :)! We'll pray for a "fast" return! :)

Marianne said...

Praising God with you! We've been praying, too! What wonderful news. Many blessings in the coming two months, and we'll keep praying.

Michelle said...

she's beautiful. I love her smile.

Michelle said...

She's beautiful. I love her smile.

sasha parker said...

Praise the Lord!! So excited for you all!
Praying for a quick embassy date!

sasha parker said...

Praise the Lord!! So excited for you all!
Praying for a quick embassy date!