Monday, November 17, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Our many months of labor may finally be over...
This should be one of my most momentous posts and yet I have completely no time to do it justice. So here's what's going on:
-The judge gave us a new court date for Monday at 9 am. On the West Coast, this means 11 pm on Sunday night, November 16th. Everything COULD be finalized at this time.
-We've known about this court date for two days. The lawyer's concern was that the Social Welfare Department would make things difficult for us. For example, they could show up to the court and try to tell the judge that the country is changing adoption law etc...
-But, just last night we learned that the Social Welfare Officer has FINALLY signed the report. It is favorable. There's really nothing else to stand in the way of the adoption. We think. Our lawyer said he was 100% confident that our adoption would be finished on the 16th/17th.
-The cool thing was, this report was signed during or just after a time of prayer where friends here in the US prayed at the same time our friends in Malawi did. Dustin sent me a text message in the middle of the night saying "Call me. Good news." The news of the report being signed did not come from our lawyer but rather our nun friend who just got back from the Congo. She was at his office trying to help another couple start the adoption process. Dustin will be talking to the lawyer in the upcoming days, so hopefully we'll find out more about how it happened.
In the meantime, keep on praying for Sunday night! Thank you all.
-The judge gave us a new court date for Monday at 9 am. On the West Coast, this means 11 pm on Sunday night, November 16th. Everything COULD be finalized at this time.
-We've known about this court date for two days. The lawyer's concern was that the Social Welfare Department would make things difficult for us. For example, they could show up to the court and try to tell the judge that the country is changing adoption law etc...
-But, just last night we learned that the Social Welfare Officer has FINALLY signed the report. It is favorable. There's really nothing else to stand in the way of the adoption. We think. Our lawyer said he was 100% confident that our adoption would be finished on the 16th/17th.
-The cool thing was, this report was signed during or just after a time of prayer where friends here in the US prayed at the same time our friends in Malawi did. Dustin sent me a text message in the middle of the night saying "Call me. Good news." The news of the report being signed did not come from our lawyer but rather our nun friend who just got back from the Congo. She was at his office trying to help another couple start the adoption process. Dustin will be talking to the lawyer in the upcoming days, so hopefully we'll find out more about how it happened.
In the meantime, keep on praying for Sunday night! Thank you all.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Wide River
A poem by Langston Hughes
Ma baby lives across de river
An' I ain't got no boat.
She lives across de river.
I ain't got no boat.
I ain't a good swimmer
An' I don't know how to float.
Wide, wide river
'Twixt ma love an' me.
Wide, wide river
'Twixt ma love an' me.
I never knowed how
Wide a river can be.
Got to cross that river
An' git to ma baby somehow.
Cross that river,
Git to ma baby somehow—
Cause if I don't see ma baby
I'll lay down an' die right now.
Ma baby lives across de river
An' I ain't got no boat.
She lives across de river.
I ain't got no boat.
I ain't a good swimmer
An' I don't know how to float.
Wide, wide river
'Twixt ma love an' me.
Wide, wide river
'Twixt ma love an' me.
I never knowed how
Wide a river can be.
Got to cross that river
An' git to ma baby somehow.
Cross that river,
Git to ma baby somehow—
Cause if I don't see ma baby
I'll lay down an' die right now.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Moses is no longer a quiet child
Dustin says that in the last few days Moses left his quieter ways. He is now talking and singing constantly. And he's often quite LOUD. Moses can now pull himself up using furniture and can stand up in his crib. I gather that he likes to climb things. Dustin says that Moses is a very happy boy who always crawls over to greet the women who work at the orphanage when they enter the room. He gets a lot of love from Sister Santa, the Italian nun in charge of the orphanage. He really sees her as a mother figure, though they don't get a lot of time together.
The latest news on the adoption is that we are still waiting to hear back from the judge. Our lawyer put in a petition requesting a new court hearing. That was two weeks ago. Usually a judge responds in just a few days. We're hoping this delay isn't indicative of the judge's feelings toward the case... At the end of last week, Dustin spoke with the lawyer's assistant (she actually answers her phone while he never does) and she said something that made us think the lawyer was not giving our case enough attention. She mentioned something about the possibility of her taking over. That made us curious and nervous.
Dustin talked to the assistant today and she said that the lawyer agreed that she should oversee things from here on out. We hope this is a good idea. Today, she went to file some other kind of legal document at the court. Apparently if the judge hasn't responded to a petition in a reasonable amount of time, the lawyer files this other "thing" that urges the judge to give us a court date ASAP. We expect to hear something by the end of the week.
I forgot to mention that Moses has impetigo, a skin infection. Dustin says Moses looks horrible and is hoping he won't have any scarring from it. It's highly contagious and Dustin's starting to get it too. The orphanage is giving Moses some neon purple topical medicine to take care of it, so hopefully it'll clear up soon.
Meanwhile, Dustin is getting in awesome shape. He's riding his bike at least two hours a day, uphill a majority of the time (in over 100 degree, humid weather). Though, of course, I wish I were with Dustin and Moses in Malawi, I don't particularly mind that I don't have to make that trek regularly.
Dustin sent me these pictures about 2 weeks ago. Moses just turned 10 months old. And as usual, he's wearing pink.
The latest news on the adoption is that we are still waiting to hear back from the judge. Our lawyer put in a petition requesting a new court hearing. That was two weeks ago. Usually a judge responds in just a few days. We're hoping this delay isn't indicative of the judge's feelings toward the case... At the end of last week, Dustin spoke with the lawyer's assistant (she actually answers her phone while he never does) and she said something that made us think the lawyer was not giving our case enough attention. She mentioned something about the possibility of her taking over. That made us curious and nervous.
Dustin talked to the assistant today and she said that the lawyer agreed that she should oversee things from here on out. We hope this is a good idea. Today, she went to file some other kind of legal document at the court. Apparently if the judge hasn't responded to a petition in a reasonable amount of time, the lawyer files this other "thing" that urges the judge to give us a court date ASAP. We expect to hear something by the end of the week.
I forgot to mention that Moses has impetigo, a skin infection. Dustin says Moses looks horrible and is hoping he won't have any scarring from it. It's highly contagious and Dustin's starting to get it too. The orphanage is giving Moses some neon purple topical medicine to take care of it, so hopefully it'll clear up soon.
Meanwhile, Dustin is getting in awesome shape. He's riding his bike at least two hours a day, uphill a majority of the time (in over 100 degree, humid weather). Though, of course, I wish I were with Dustin and Moses in Malawi, I don't particularly mind that I don't have to make that trek regularly.
Dustin sent me these pictures about 2 weeks ago. Moses just turned 10 months old. And as usual, he's wearing pink.
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