Today we received an e-mail from Holt telling us that our adoption case has been submitted to the Ethiopian courts. Our stack of paperwork is finally in the building! Yay! I am still in awe of how all of the paperwork gets from here to there and submitted to court in an orderly fashion. Unbelievable! Now we are just waiting to be assigned a court date. Then we can buy our plane tickets!!!! So excited to meet Jordan. I just can't explain how my whole body aches to hold her. Just aches.
The adoption process in Ethiopia has changed since we adopted Elias in 2008. At that time, we made one trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The court hearing had already taken place before we went, so we were able to take custody of our son, get his Visa, and bring him home. Now we are required to be present at the court hearing. Because it can take 6 to 8 weeks from your court hearing to get your child's Visa, we will be coming home until we get word that the Visa is ready. Only then can we go get Jordan and bring her home. So, you can understand how I have been trying not to think on this too much. We will only be allowed to meet Jordan briefly on the first trip. It is going to kill me to have to walk away from her, fly back here and wait for that Visa. Ugh!
I'm trying to concentrate on the positives. For example, it will be so great to get to hold Jordan, look her over, and really know that she is okay. And, because she is so tiny for her age it has been hard for me to really picture how big she is and what size of clothes she will need. I will be able to briefly assess her development and know what kinds of toys might be good for her. And, I may have mentioned just getting to finally hold her in my arms! What a gift!
In the meantime, I know that God is cradling her firmly in his arms. I am more than okay with that. I am completely humbled that He would choose me to be Jordan's mom. This is a privilege I will not take for granted.
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