Jason to Africa

Jason left today to Uganda and Ethiopia with a group of 35 or so people on a 'Visiting Orphans' mission trip.   Some things they are doing are playing and spending time with lots of orphans and helping fix up some families homes.  I know they are doing much more, I don't know exactly, but the links to some of the organizations they are working with are below.
We were at the airport by 4am this morning and Jason got checked in and made it to Charlotte and DC smoothly.  He is currently on his way to Addis Ababa (the capital of Ethiopia) then they take another flight to Entebbe (city in Uganda - maybe the capital?).  Addis Ababa is where we will be heading eventually to visit our son, once we have a referral.  So that is exciting for me as Jason gets to check out the city first.
I will keep updating as I hear from Jason (I hope Skype works).  Please pray for safety and life changing events for everyone.

http://www.visitingorphans.com/
http://www.sixtyfeet.org/

www.ourglimmerofhope.org/campaign/dig-deep

www.dudeperfect.com

http://www.toms.com/

Waiting times

We found out that it is going to take longer to get a referral than originally thought. We knew this based on what has been going on but our agency had never quantified those delays into revised wait times. Today we have been told that basis the latest referrals the revised wait time for an infant boy is 10-16 months. Because we were DTE 3/4 that would put us at getting a referral between Jan and July. I hope it will be sooner than later of course but God has a plan!

Not much to update...

It has now been a little over 4 months since we sent in our Dossier and have now moved up to number 34. There haven't been many referrals lately but quite a few children have come home so I'm thinking there has to be some soon. The Ethiopia courts close in Aug for the rainy season so no children will get to come home during that time, so when they open back up some time probably in early Oct there will be a backlog of families that need to pass Court. Pray for those families that they will pass court and embassy so they will be able to bring their children home before the closure. I can't imagine seeing your child's face then having to wait 2+ months before you can go meet them. It has been slow moving, but every month gets us a liitle closer! :) We know there is a special little boy picked out for us. That's all for now!