Court Date

Yesterday my phone rang and the number was Holt!!  I was so excited and I happen to be talking to Jack on the other line so we both held our breath as I clicked over to find out some news.  Sadly, the director was just calling to tell me that they still did not have a judge in place and it would be a little while longer before we would find anything out.  I was bummed but know God has the right timing and I was really hoping not to miss the kids first days of school here so I was thankful not to be checking my email constantly for a little while knowing we wouldn’t have any news.  Well…….

Today out of no where I get an email from the assistant telling me they heard from the attorney again today and he and some other adoption practitioners called a meeting with the Principal District Judge to bring to his attention all these adoption cases pending with no judge.  He agreed to reassign the cases to a Judge that the attorneys suggested and the matter was resolved.  We currently have  court date set for………. wait for it……… AUGUST 10th!!!!!!!  In 9 days it could be decided that Ranjit is officially our son.  Wondering how we’re going to get everything together to be in India by next Friday??  Well, we’re not.  This judge is not requiring us to be there for the hearing!  Can you believe that?

Remember a few posts ago when I said that I just wasn’t sure what I wanted anymore.  I had always said we hoped for one trip because then the expense would be so much less and then I wouldn’t have to have my heart ripped out by meeting my son and having to leave him but on the other hand the thought of meeting my son sooner rather than later made me want to throw all that out the window to get to my him as soon as possible.  Well, God answered it in His perfect way (isn’t He just great like that?!?!)  It’s possible that we could be going to bring him home in the timetable I was thinking we’d just be going for court.  The guidelines say that he’ll be ready for travel home 2-6 weeks after court.  Of course it’s adoption and it’s India and everything could be different and change but for today it’s looking AMAZING.

Thank you thank you thank you for praying along with us and petitioning God for our son.  I can only pray that you will give Him every single bit of the glory for this unheard of, amazing timing.  I can only pray that someone somewhere will be encouraged to take some leap of faith God has been calling you to and see through God working in our lives that the unheard of really is possible.  Please don’t mistake me and think God is some genie in a bottle that gives us everything we want.  He has His timing and His plans and they don’t always match up with our wants or even sometimes what we think He wants but He does have a plan and a purpose for everything and will show you His face if you listen for Him in the smallest of things.

We love you all and praise God for having so much encouragement from you during this journey so far……..which is just beginning……