More thanks to all of you who have been so incredibly generous and have gotten us this far into what we need to bring our kids home! Just $13,000 to go! God is so incredibly good and so many of you have been the instruments of His goodness.

We spent this past weekend in Spokane with our friends Tim and Kerry Davis (adopting two boys from Ethiopia) attending an “Adopting Older Kids From Ethiopia” Conference. The conference was hosted by a fantastic organization called Kingdom Kids (kingdomkidsadoption.org). We heard from adoptive parents, children who have been adopted, attachment specialists, etc. covering the gamut of “stuff” relating to adopting older children from Ethiopia. We would highly recommend this training for anyone who is considering adopting—from Ethiopia or not.

One of the highlights of the weekend was to hang out with the Gardner Family (they lead Kingdom Kids Adoption) after the training was over. They have a very special family and are intensely committed to the cause of orphans and widows around the world. Incredibly inspiring!

UPDATE

Thanks so much to those of you who have so generously contributed to us bringing these kids home. We’re only $15,000 away from having the bill paid in full! Your generosity and partnership is nothing short of amazing—and incredibly humbling.

Many of you are asking about the timing of when the kids could be home with us...and your guess is as good as ours. What we do know is that our home study is almost completed, as is our dossier. Once all that is completed, it will be sent to Ethiopia to begin the “in country” process (court date, etc.). Though we are very hopeful for a summer 2009 trip to get the kids, the more we hear from Christian World Adoption (our adoption agency...cwa.org), the more we have a sense that the summer would be a miracle (though we’re still praying that way...and invite you to join us toward that end).

We’ll keep you posted as we know more. We love you and so appreciate your journeying with us.