Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ready to Exhale...Court Tonight

We go to court tonight!

Ethiopia is 7 hours ahead of us so when we are sleeping (probably not but hopefully) tonight, the decision will be made as to whether our son is officially our son.

From the time of referral to our court date I feel as though I have in a sense been holding my breath. In going through this adoption process we were warned from our social worker to not take anything for granted or see anything as a "for sure" until it was happening. She even went as far as to advise us to not refer to our baby as "ours" or "brother" or "son" as so many things can happen between referral and court. In short, she told us to guard our hearts from being devastated if something went wrong.

Though we loved our social worker and gained valuable information from her that we did take to heart, we completely ignored this advice. We dove head first into loving our sweet John T. at first sight. This is why I feel as though I have been holding my breath. In adoption, as is in life, anything can happen. So we hold our breath, hopefully for only one more night, until we hear word that he is officially ours to bring home.

Please pray for peace over our family as we wait anxiously once again.

9 comments:

  1. Oh, again, I am so excited for your family tonight- on the eve of your court appt. How nice it will be to take a nice, full, deep breath, and know that he is your son. Praying your peace as you wait to hear the news!

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  2. praying so much for you guys tonight. when will you get the call? any idea?

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  3. We are praying for you. We pray for a big "You Passed" call asap!!

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  4. Praying for you and hoping you hear GREAT news very soon!

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  5. All is well, God is up all night so he will watch over the entire Pell Family. Can not wait to hear. Our prayers are being sent your way with all our love meemaw and papa:)

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  6. We are praying for you all tonight! Should be about time for court to get started right now! Hope we all hear good news quickly!

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  7. Praying praying praying!!!! I hope we can all celebrate your good news soon!

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  8. Best of luck! Can't wait to hear that you passed court! :-D

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  9. I am praying and trying to "Breathe" for you all. No matter what - share you news with us as soon as you can. We are anxious to know how to pray next. Love you Pells!

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