We Have Been Cleared to Travel!

We thought our birth interview date had been changed to Monday but our agency received some misinformation. So we are thrilled to announce that we received an email this morning that our birth interview was indeed completed yesterday and we are cleared to travel to Ethiopia and bring our daughters home! We have been emotional all day - it seems so surreal that this dream that we have been praying for, for a year now, is finally coming true. Due to the holidays next week, there aren't any Embassy Appointments available to us next week so we will travel on Friday after Thanksgiving and meet with the Embassy the following week. We have decided to take our other children with us - we just can't leave them behind for such a big event :-) I'm so excited about experiencing this all together as a family of 8!

We are still working on details of getting our flights booked, etc. When I know the date & time we'll be returning, I will be sure to post here. We'd love for many of you to come to the airport to celebrate Hannah and Abekeya's Homecoming. Thank you for continuing to pray for our safe travels and smooth processes.

Blessings,
Valerie