My Heart is Full Today

God is good all the time but He was working over time this morning :-) We found out several of our friends who have been waiting for court dates, received them this morning. We all thought there would be no word while the courts were closed but somehow there was. Many of their dates are late October and early November so we are hopeful that these children will be home for Christmas. Gives new meaning to the song "I'll be home for Christmas".

In addition to all that fabulous news, we received several pictures from our agency director - she's in Ethiopia for several days. We were able to send presents to the girls and many of these are of them playing with the playdoh, clothes, puzzles, etc. that we sent. There are also some of them holding pictures of our family that we sent. I wish we could show you their little faces - they are so stinkin cute but for now, the little hearts have to remain. Hopefully if we pass court on Oct 17th, we'll finally be able to reveal their entire faces.

Please continue to pray for the work God is doing in Ethiopia.

Blessings,
Valerie


Hannah made a smiley face with her playdoh! Hope this means she's happy too :-)


Abekeya is playing with her new Tinkerbell pencils and writing pad.


They'll fit right in with our other kids - they LOVE getting presents too!


That little smile lights up a room.






We can't wait until all of us can be in the same pictures all together.