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"God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure." Ephesians 1:5
"We love because he firstloved us." 1 John 4:19

Thursday, May 31, 2012

A Small Update

Many weeks have passed now with no updates really until today.  Still the case has not progressed any further but a change has been made in hopes that things may start moving again.  The local pastor from the orphanage was supposed to travel to the kids' hometown of Masisi about 30 miles away to obtain appropriate documentation on their legal orphan status.  As expected, communication across country and trying to get the pastor to either understand what he is supposed to do to advance the legal process or just getting him to do it some time in the next 10 years (jk) has brought the case to a halt.  So, today we heard that our attorney is sending his assistant, Jerome, to Goma and Masisi to begin working on the paperwork himself.  We see this as a positive and hopeful step!  He is planning to travel next week if all goes according to plan.  Please pray for his safety as this is a difficult travel situation and that he has success finding all that he needs and working with the local government.

Whatever happens with this next step will really shed light on whether or not this case is able to move forward.  Once we get the appropriate documentation that the children are in fact legal orphans - which from what we understand, they know exactly what happened and why they are orphans but it all must and should be carefully documented - then they can move on to applying for the first adoption judgement.  This will begin the court process.  Please pray that if these are the children God intends for us that there will be some breakthrough with this visit and that something get moving and completed.  Thanks for all your support and prayers as we continue to wait.  It has now been over a year since we started the process and 6 months since we were matched with N and A.  All the US side of things has been complete for months but on the Congolese side we have a long way to go.  We have settled again in trusting that God's plan is best and His timing is perfect.

2 comments:

  1. Glad to find another Lifeline Congo family. We are a little bit behind in the process. We have connected with several of the families in the pilot program. One family you may also want to connect with is at www.sweetinterruptions.blogspot.com They too have a referral out of Goma. Feel free to email me if you would like to connect with some more families.

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    1. Hi Renee! Thanks so much for contacting us! I would love to be in touch with other Congo families! My email is karenhetzler@yahoo.com. I would love to chat as well. If you email me, I can send you my phone number. Many blessings to you guys as you embark on this exciting, heart rending, joyful journey of faith and blessing.

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