We're leavin' on a jet plane!

This morning I got the best message ever from our agency director saying...

"Hurry, go get your boy!"  

We have our court date!  It is so surreal.  We are not going to disclose the actual court date online, but I can tell you that it is NEXT week.  

So from here, Matt, Christy and Camden will leave on Saturday to head to Washington, D.C. where we will have a connecting flight the next morning to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!  Since our flight leaves so early on Sunday and we had to arrive the day before, we have an added blessing.  We will get to see Matt's Dad and step-mom who live a short drive away.  Also, we get to see our dear friends from Rio Rancho, the Prospers, who have been away working in the DC area for several months.   We'll catch up with loved ones to pass the time!

We'll get on our LONG flight on Sunday morning.  We will arrive in Ethiopia on Monday morning (Sunday night US time).  It seems as though we will get to meet our boy THAT very morning. So while you sleep on Sunday night, we will finally get to hold him in our arms!! I can hardly stop imagining what that will be like.

We are so overwhelmed by everyone's prayers and excitement.  Please know that God receives all the glory for this story He is writing.  We can love big because HE loved us first.  My prayer over and over through this is that God's glory would be revealed and that our sweet E would know the Father's love in our family.  I cannot wait to kiss his sweet head and see his smile up close.

We will try and update our blog daily if internet allows.  Once we pass court, I can share his face with the world!  You won't want to miss that big reveal....he is CUTE.  Unfortunately, we cannot bring him home until after we clear embassy.  Many steps follow the court date and right now, it looks like it would be one month before we could clear embassy and go back to bring him home!

Let's do this.