Court - Undo Redo

What a month. What a week. I am a bundle of mixed emotions. This is nuts.

Julie called this morning to tell us we passed court last night. One day after we learned we did not pass.

Last month our first call said we passed. Our second call came a week later saying we didn't.

Make sense? No? No worries, it doesn't make sense. The orphanage director even said it makes no sense. She simply said, it is the Court.

There was apparently a missing piece of paperwork for our court date on 12/1. When AGCI inquired as to why so many families were missing paperwork, they were told that our paperwork was actually filed, just misplaced by the court. (We heard that someone had gone on vacation with several families' files locked in a file cabinet?) So somehow, AGCI managed to find our paperwork and get the court to review our case again today...and we passed.

I honestly am not sure what to feel right now. We are happy, but we are also burdened for the families who are still in limbo. We are grateful, but we are aware that there are still pieces that need to come together before we hold this boy in our arms. We may travel in December or January. January is probably more likely. A couple people have mentioned this feels like spiritual warfare. I have to agree. Please pray for the families who have been waiting so long for good news. Being delayed for specific reasons in one thing. Being delayed several times for little glitches is maddening.

Can you put the cork back in the champagne bottle and then pop it again? I don't know. Think I'm sticking to wine this time!