Getting ready for the big day...

Dustin went to the city yesterday to meet with our lawyer. He showed Dustin the paperwork that he created for the judge. It was surprisingly good! He made an excellent case for how Moses needed to live with a family, not in an institution. I feel a lot more confident about the big day now. There were a few errors of course - one saying that our nonprofit has sponsored projects at the orphanage? Not sure where that came from? Also, the letter sent to the head Social Welfare Officer asked him to report to court on February 12th and not September 12th... Dustin's going to make a phone call just to make sure there isn't any confusion on this point.

Dustin, Moses, and a Malawian nun from the orphanage will be driving to Blantyre very early on Friday morning for the case. Pray that they don't have any travel issues. A tire on our car blew out yesterday! Not something we want to happen on route to the court! Fortunately Dustin was slowing down to go through a checkpoint, so he wasn't in danger of running off the road. (Did I mention there was a minor accident some weeks back when a bicyclist hit our car while Dustin was driving at highway speeds?) Supposedly Malawi has the most car accidents per capita of any African country. That's at least a highly circulated myth. And quite likely true from our vantage point on the roads. Enough talk of transport.

As I write, it is exactly 24 hours before our court case is to begin. It's time for me to head to bed! I'll let you now how tomorrow goes. Remember, the case is to start at 11:30 pm our time (Thursday).