Packing, Unpacking, and Repacking

First, thank you for the prayers! We were fingerprinted last Wednesday! The situation in Ethiopia is finalized yet, but it sounds like it won't be as bad as we first heard. But please continue to pray for MOWA and the Ethiopian officials and that they do their part in fulfilling God's will for these orphans.

We have been packing, unpacking, and repacking for the last 3 weeks. Once we received a court date we started packing. We packed 2 suitcases full of food, diapers, and wipes. Another suitcase has mostly formula and baby cereal, with a few other things crammed in there. Since we plan to stay until we can bring Jacob home, we need to bring everything we will need for us and for Jacob for our stay. Some items are hard (or impossible) to find in Ethiopia or they are just very expensive. We also packed all of Jacob's clothes, then we got a precious video of him and they looked at his clothes and said he was already in 6-9 month clothes (he was only 2 1/2 months at the time). So we unpacked all the 3-6 clothes we had for him, and packed 6-9 month clothes with a few 9-12 month things. I figured it was better to bring clothes too big, than too small. All that we have left to pack is our clothes. I think we will be doing that in the next 2 days. So this weekend we can relax with our friends that are coming to visit and some of my family will be here Sunday-Monday. My friends and church are having a shower for me on Sunday. I can't wait to spend time with all of them one more time before we leave!