Faith. Love. Hope.

I know you have been wondering and I hate to tell you this but we have not moved, we are still at #47. Actually, we dropped to 48 and then a referral went out so we moved back to 47. See how slowly this list moves? (I can hear Jessie right now going "Are you serious??" haha). On a good note, they did report that they have increased the number of referrals from 5 to 10 a day- yay! Still no where near 50 a day but we'll take whatever increase we can get to subside our human impatience. I trust in God's timing with all my heart, I just get a little frustrated at my small picture view sometimes!   
    Africa's seasons don't run like ours do. They have rainy season and dry season. During the rainy season, most things shut down. The biggest reason they shut down is because the roads become impassible and so people can't get to work (remember, most roads are dirt there). During rainy season in Ethiopia court shuts down but MOWYCA doesn't and, of course, AWAA doesn't. So that means that they will still be matching children with their forever families but no one will be traveling to get their children until it's over. Basically, it doesn't change anything for us but there are several families that have recently been matched and so please pray that they get their court date/embassy date before the court closures so they aren't stuck just waiting for the season to be over. Court is closed from August 6th until the end of September/beginning of October. That's all for now, I have a 70lb dog trying to crawl in my lap because of a thunderstorm.

Love you all,

Rachel