Jacob went out the other night in our yard and took some photos of Iris (plural). They happen to be my favorite flower, and I think they look really neat in the dark night! It has taken a few years for our Iris population to grow, and this year they are quite lovely.
This post is not about flowers though! Tomorrow some families in our agency are traveling to pick up their children! These are exciting times to follow their blogs as they will likely post some photos. The Harbaugh family and the Coen family have blogs. There are two more families traveling as well, but they do not have a blog to follow. The Harbaugh's are the family who are adopting two and waited nine long months until they received a referral.
Summer is quickly moving upon us, weather wise it feels like summer is here! I have been trying to focus more realistically on when our children will be referred to us. If you recall, I had hoped that we would have a referral by the summer...which I am not saying isn't going to happen, but it sure doesn't seem too likely! I have kind of changed my prayers in recent days to "please, Lord, before the courts close in August!" The courts in Ethiopia close roughly between the months of August and October. Last year this caused a huge backlog, plus there was the holiday of Ethiopia celebrating the year 2000. Yes, they are 8 years behind us! :) Ethiopia works on a different calender then we do.
So once again, there will be those who will be caught in the court closure. Our agency has said they will keep giving referrals during those months, however, the families who do receive referrals will not be able to travel and pick up their children until they have a successful court date after they reopen sometime in October! Whew, that is a lot to explain!
This week has been a time to relax some after sewing for the show. I have also been going through the house and looking around..."Hmmm...what can I sell in our yard sale!?!" Many thanks to those of you who have donated items for our sale or have been setting things aside for it!