COURT DATE! YAY!                                                                                                         Hi everyone, we received a phone call this morning with the news we have been waiting for. We are going to Ethiopia SOON! Possibly leaving Monday! Our court date is Aug. 14th and we will be meeting our daughter on August 13th. The best part of this is we get to go BEFORE court closes for rainy season. Thanks for praying! We are still working on the flight arrangements so we don't have those firmed up yet. Please pray for those to come together in such a way that it works well for visiting friends in Ethiopia, a YWAM project in Ethiopia, and getting back for our church's family camp. We are on wait list to get back in time for family camp, and won't likely know about that until Monday. Thank you again for your prayers! We love you! Jim & Jaci

Hi everyone,                                                                                                                                     I apologize that we haven't had more news to share lately. Sometimes the most difficult part of adoption is the waiting! We did hear today that the final paper has been submitted to court in Ethiopia and that we could get a court date as soon as tomorrow. One family did get a court date today of August 12. That is good news... it means that court isn't closing on August 6 as we had heard earlier. So we are praying we can still get a court date before the court closes for rainy season. We appreciate your prayers for this, and for Tarike too! We love you!
Jim & Jaci

ENJOYING THE TWINS
We are still waiting for news as to when we are going to Ethiopia for our court date. We did hear that the hold up is MOWA (Ministry of Women's Affairs in Ethiopia) has stopped doing their usually work to conduct an investigation of the Addis Ababa police department in some way. We hope they get back to work on adoption paperwork soon. CHI has 13 families (including us) who are waiting letters or other paperwork to be completed so they can receive their court dates!
In the meantime we are enjoying Jeff & Leah's twin boys, Jack & Wesley. They were born on the 4th of July, and they all went home (from hospital to Dupont) on July 8. They are so precious!
Thank you for your prayers for us and Tarike!
We love you,
Jim & Jaci

MAYBE THIS WEEK!                                                                                                                                We hope to hear this week when we go to court in Ethiopia and meet our daughter. At least that is what we heard. In the meantime we received some good news from Lifesong for Orphans... they approved us for a $2500 matching grant to help fund our adoption. We have roughly $12,000 to go ... mainly for the two trips to Ethiopia. This is our 2nd adoption, so we sort of expect to pay most of this ourselves over the coming months... but if the Lord does lead you to make a contribution, now is a great time. Plus it would mean you will be included in the puzzle we are going to make showing those who helped bring our daughter to America. If you want to make a contribution you send it to Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 40, Gridley, Illinois 61744. Use this phrase in the memo line of the check: Kennington #3753 adoption. At this point we are very appreciative of any help! But most of all we appreciate your prayers for miss "T" and for us.                                                                                                               We love you! Jim & Jaci Kennington      

The Uncle Made It!

We heard that miss "T's" uncle did make it to his court appearance a week ago last Friday... that is great news! We also heard that the court in Ethiopia is behind on paperwork so it could be a while before we get our date to appear in court... hopefully we will hear something this week. Thank you for praying for us and for miss "T." Blessings, Jim & Jaci

Sunday from Lakewood!

Dear friends,
We are home for Israel... we haven't heard anything about how the uncle's court appearance went on Friday. CHI representative Kathy assures us that is good news... as she hears right away if there is a problem. We expect to hear more in the next few days and will update you as soon as we do. Thanks for you faithful prayers for us and our daughter. As soon as we pass court on the first visit we will be able to give you a name and photo of our newest member of the family.
We love you!
Jim & Jaci

Thursday from Jerusalem!

Friends, we are in Jerusalem on the last day of the Holy Land Tour we have been leading. We just heard from our adoption agency that miss T's relative is appearing in court in Addis Ababa June 14 (tomorrow). We have been told it isn't possible to go from Jerusalem to Addis in terms of getting a court date that soon so we aren't expecting that. But please pray with us for this court appearance to go successfully... He shows up and passes his interview. Pray too that if God does want to spare us flying home to the USA only to turn around and fly back to Ethiopia that CHI will allow this to work out. Of course, it is more than likely that our court date will be set for a couple weeks from now. And please continue to pray for miss "T" to be safe and prepared to meet us soon. We can't wait! We love you, Jim & Jaci