Court Date !!!!

... Praise God! We have received a court date for the 17th of November. Wow! J&B!

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Preliminary Hearing Take Three

It seems like the judge in our region has decided to postpone our preliminary hearing until early next week. How thoughtful of him or her. We are really struggling with this and it just seems like we face obstacles at every turn. Ugg! Please pray for us... We really need it.

1. That the preliminary hearing would take place on Monday
2. That we would have a court date one week from when the hearing takes place
3. That we would not loose hope

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Preliminary Court Date (take two)

We are currently waiting for our second preliminary hearing. It has been scheduled for 27 October. During this hearing the judge determines if our court file is complete, making sure all documents are acceptable. During our first hearing all the documents were fine except the release letter. The release letter is sent by the Ministry of Education in Moscow to the regional judge stating that a child may be adopted. For what ever reason the judge was not content with the letter that was sent. So another letter was requested and hopefully this will lead to a complete court file. Please note the delays have been judicial by nature and in the control of the Volgograd system.

After this hearing the judge will assign a court date for our adoption. This particular judge has been known to assign court dates within one or two weeks from the hearing. So, this may imply that we will be spending Thanksgiving in Volgograd.




We are doing well overall. We have had many friends and family shower us with gifts for our newest additions. (Thank you!) When a child arrives to a family by birth several of the items can be purchased over a period of months, for example electrical outlet plugs are not required for a new born. So we have been very blessed as many of the critical items have been given to us!

It seems that Jesus wants us to trust him. He wants to grow our faith and He desires to be apart of our life. Two recent sermons have really spoken to us:

Today the sermon was about asking prayer. Jesus promises to give whatever we ask when we abide in Him, (John 15:7). The challenge was to pray specifically. How often do we pray "safe" prayer that we have some reasonable assurance that it will be answered. Instead one might pray for a court date one week from the preliminary hearing, now that would be specific.

Last week, we were in Greensboro and the sermon was about how Pivotal Circumstances ignite our faith (Luke 8:22-25). We believe that this is a pivotal circumstance for us. Do we really trust Jesus with our life? Do we really believe that He knows what is best for us, in all circumstances? Why do we spend so much time and energy attempting to control that which cannot be controlled?

Thank you for walking with us in the journey! We love you all. Please continue to pray for us...

Please pray:
1. That we would have a court date one week from the preliminary hearing
2. We would have continue to trust Jesus, no matter the circumstances.
3. That John would have enough vacation to travel and stay at home for two weeks when we return

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