Tick, Tock, Tick Tock

Time is going by very slowly. Ethiopia is 9 hours ahead of us which makes is roughly 6 am in the morning over there. Sometime in the next 12 hours a judge in a court room in Ethiopia will review our case and say, yes, no, or needs further review. It's unlikely he will say no but it's quite possible that he will say needs further review. The Ministry of Womens Affairs (MOWA) in Ethiopia is the agency that puts together adoption cases and makes a reccomendation on whether to approve an adoption or not. New rules have been in place to make sure adoptions in Ethiopia are free from corruption but with the new rules comes new paperwork. Our agency has not had many cases go to court since the new rules were issued. We are praying all our paperwork is in line and ready to go. Please say a prayer tonight that we will pass court. More importantly continue to pray for Malachi's well being. We are very anxious parents waiting to hear word. Our agency is on the west coast so they will not open until 10 am our time. I plan on emailing at 10:30 to see if they have heard. Hopefully they will hear before the long holiday weekend! There will be an update one way or another tomorrow.