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Saturday, May 28, 2011

COURT DATE!!!!!!



Well we got our court date!!!!!!! We will leave June 18th or 19th, court is on the 22nd, and we return home on the 23rd!!!!  If we pass court, we will have to wait 10 business days (as long as there are no holidays during this time) and then return to pick him up!!!!! So hopefully by the end of July we will have him home, Lord willing.

We would appreciate your prayers as this is the most nerve-wracking part of our adoption journey. This is also the trip where Todd and I get to be medically checked out by 8 doctors in Joshua's country. Sounds fun, I know! But Joshua is WORTH it!!!!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Prayers Answered for a Special Little Boy

Remember the Russian judge who said no?!  Remember this post: Unspoken Fear? No to a family trying to adopt an orphan with Down syndrome.  The judge could not see how this family would benefit from having Kirill in their family.  So the judge said no.  Well this family appealed to the Moscow Supreme Court.   Can you imagine?!  This morning we found out the answer to this appeal.  Wow.  Our God is a God of Miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AND THEY GET TO BRING HIM HOME THIS TRIP!!!

This is reposted from Greg and Tesney's blog: http://oureyesopened.blogspot.com/

GOD OF MIRACLES

WE ARE NOW THE PROUD PARENTS OF GREGORY KIRILL DAVIS. HE IS OURS. THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE JUDGE'S RULING. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, HIS NAME IS GREGORY KIRILL DAVIS AND WE WILL GO PICK HIM UP IN JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL COURT DECREE IN HAND. I WILL POST THE DETAILS WHEN I KNOW THEM. RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A FLURRY OF TEARS AND EXCITEMENT AND WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW OUR NEXT FEW DAYS WILL GO UNTIL TOMORROW WHEN WE MEET AGAIN WITH OUR FACILITATOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. MAY YOU SEE THAT GOD IS THE GOD OF MIRACLES AND THAT HE IS FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE THE WORK HE HAS STARTED IN YOU.

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW. PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW. PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOSTS. PRAISE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

3 Updates

A Joshua Update:

Next week our judge gets back from vacation.  Sooooooo hopefully in the next couple of weeks the judge will look over our court dossier.  We are praying for a court date in June/July.  If we don't get a date in June/July then it will get pushed back until Sept/Oct because the judge is going to take another vacation in August and this one is about 5 weeks long.  It's rough being a judge eh?!

This makes my heart ache. 

**Please pray for us that the judge would look over our dossier with favor and grant us a quick court date.

A Kirill Update -

Remember the family that was told no by the judge?  Next week they will appeal their case in front of the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow.  Unreal.  They need our prayers.   



A Carrington Update -
 

I haven't shared this story yet because frankly I can hardly wrap my head around this.........  

"Carrington was adopted from an orphanage in Eastern Europe. She landed in the U.S. on March 17th, 2011, where she was immediately taken to the hospital because of her grave condition. She came home weighing in at 11 pounds and had to fight for her life.  This is what she looked like when her parents picked her up from the orphanage. 

Do you want to guess how old she is..............


 
3 Years OLD
 
Today she weighs in at 15lbs 11oz. That is a gain of 1 whole pound since she came home from the hospital and 4 pounds since she arrived in America.
 
Praise God that with loving parents, good healthy food and excellent medical care she is starting to thrive!!!!