Many of you walked with us as we adopted Igor. You may remember that we had to face a judge and prosecutor in a Russian courtroom in order to adopt Igor. Once the judge granted our adoption Igor was ours. We went to the orphanage that day to start our lives together as a family!
The Ethiopian process is different. Our agency will go to court on our behalf. If/when the court approves our adoption, we will travel 10-14 days after the court date to pick up Henry.
Our court date is rumored to be Dec 2. I say rumored because our agency does not tell us our specific court date but we are somewhat certain court will be Dec. 2. If we pass, we will travel on Dec 12 or 13 to pick up Henry and return home Dec 20!
Not every family passes court the first time. There are numerous legal documents and official papers the judge must have on the court date to approve the case. Sometimes there is a mistake in the paperwork or some of the paperwork does not arrive in time for the judge to rule favorably. If we do not pass on Dec 2, our court date will be rescheduled and the earliest we could travel would be the third week in January.
We are so excited to have tentative travel dates, but we are still guarding our hearts because we know that we may not pass court the first, second or third time.
At this point we have two options regarding our airline travel. We can book our travel now believing we will pass court OR wait until Dec 2. Both options have a list of pros and cons.
Please pray we make the correct decision for our family regarding airline travel.
Igor will not be going with us to Ethiopia. He will stay at our house with Papa and Babushka. He will go to school and stay on his regular routine. Igor is excited about staying home. He likes to tell people- I'm staying with Babushka while mommy and daddy go to Africa to pick up my little brother!
That's our big news! If we pass court on Dec 2 we will be able to post Henry's picture on our blog. We are looking forward to that day.
4 comments:
Yay for tentative travel dates!!! I'll be praying for a successful court date! :)
Tisha
How exciting...to even have some semblance of a time! I will pray that you WILL pass December 2 so you can have that little guy to celebrate Christmas with!
I'm so excited that you have a date (tentative is better than no clue). Praying for you and the other families waiting on court. It would be wonderful to be home with Henry for Christmas! Good decision on leaving Igor at home--you'll miss him, but it will be easier (and cheaper) just the two of you. Can't wait to meet you all in person in a few weeks, now we'll have to plan another trip so we can meet Henry :)
apryl
We will definitely be praying for a successful court date. I can't wait to see Henry in your arms. It would be wonderful for him to be home for Christmas!
With Love,
Penelope
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