Please pray!

Dear Praying friends,

It seems we are going to the American Embassy this next week to ask for mercy to get a court date on Dec. 7.  :)

The reason for this is that there has been a hold up on the paperwork and the process to get the new passport and birth certificate for Bethlehem.

Our going to the embassy was suggested by the CHI staff person who took Jaci and Bethlehem to get the passport and birth certificate yesterday.

Last time CHI asked for an exception like this the Embassy official told them not to do so again... or something like that.

But since CHI (the adoption agency we are working with in Ethiopia) is suggesting we go and at least ask we are comfortable doing so.

Would you pray they would have mercy on us and allow us to proceed to prepare for a Dec. 7 Embassy date so we can come home on Dec. 9?

There are so many moving pieces to get all this done... and Jaci is so ready to come home.

I will be too when I get there! :)

We are asking for God's will of course... whatever God wants is what we want here.

But we would love for you to be praying with us for this matter and for the strength and grace if we end up having to wait for the next Embassy date which is Dec. 21st.

The other thing that needs to occur next week is for Bethlehem to get her medical appointment and the required innoculations to enter the US. Please pray that goes smoothly too.

We love you!
Jim for us all!