we need you

i'm going to get straight to the point here.  we've been told that shy of miraculous intervention from the lord, we will not pass court on friday.  as you might have seen in various reports over the weekend, officials in ethiopia just made some drastic changes to the process of approving adoptions, and if upheld, those changes will have immediate and dire effects on adoptive families and the children who so desperately need homes. for example, it's our understanding that if our case isn't approved on friday, we enter an indefinite waiting period that has the potential to stretch into 2012.  difficult news when we thought micah would be home in birmingham this month.

these changes have been described by many as direct attacks on adoption as adoption paints such a beautiful picture of how the lord himself has adopted us into his family.  and the only way i know to fight such an attack is through a united front of prayer.  that's where we need your help...

starting tonight - even now - please join us in praying intently for these things:

• that the hearts of the presiding officials will be softened and bent toward the children and families affected by these changes
• that the sudden and drastic changes to the adoption procedures in ethiopia will be reversed
• that our family and the other families we also know who are trapped by these changes will be encouraged and strengthened
• that our attorney will feel a sense of urgency to fight for our case
• and that through god's power and for god's glory we will pass court on friday and that micah will finally and legally be OURS.

do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to god. 

-phil. 4:6