We got home early Sunday morning around 1:30am. We are finally getting caught up on our lack of sleep from traveling and jet lag. Olivia has been an absolute angel. She is adjusting so well to all of the changes that have taken place in her little life in the last week. We went to the doctor on Monday and she weighs 11 pds 10 oz and is 23 3/4 inches long. We are anxious to see how quickly she will grow. We really feel spoiled because she is sleeping thru the night and is taking great naps. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I will really try hard to keep our blog updated!!
Dubai-(we stayed an extra day to relax and go on a dessert safari)
Some random shots from the rest of the trip
They made it to Dubai which is great news! However, we thought yesterday everything was ok with their paperwork...Turns out it wasn't. So, we had an ongoing paperwork crisis today. But, as of right now, it looks like the crisis will be resolved. We just ask for your continued prayers that everything will be in place by Wednesday, July 1!! Thank you for your prayers and support!! I will update as I know more. Lindsey's Sister, Megan
It is 11:30pm and I have been gone all day and just checked my email and found out that a document that is needed in Ethiopia before we can get Olivia's visa to bring her home is not there. They have a document that is incorrect and we have to get the correct one there before our appt on Wednesday. We are suppose to leave at 7:00am tomorrow morning to fly out and now on our drive to the airport I have to call several different agencies and see if they can get the corrected document to Ethiopia. We ask that you please pray that this document will be found and that they will be able to forward it to Ethiopia and we will be able to leave on time. I am turning this over to the Lord and I pray that he will allow the document to sent to Ethiopia tomorrow!!!
We just found out that our consulate appointment is on Wednesday July 1st which means that we leave on Thursday June 25th with a 2 day layover in Dubai and then arrive in Ethiopia on Sunday June 28th. We will meet Olivia on Monday June 29th which I cannot believe is 2 short weeks from today!!!! We are so excited and cannot believe that this is really happening. We have lots of packing to get done!!! We want to thank all of you for your support that you have given us on this journey of faith!!! We love you all!!
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=8e3e7067a4f7538b65d314&skin_id=601&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url We passed court today in Ethiopia!!!!!!! Olivia Shay Kerby is officially our daughter. Thank you so much for all your prayers!! We serve a Mighty God!!! We have a few different travel dates. We could possibly leave on June 27th or on July 4th, hopefully next week we will know for sure when we leave. I could not post her picture video directly on our blog so I had to post a link. I hope that you are able to see her, we think that she is an absolute doll!!!!
Last Friday May 8th we received a referral for the most beautiful little girl. We cannot stop looking at her pictures. She just has the most beautiful big eyes!!!! We are now waiting to be assigned a court date and then will hopefully receive tenative travel dates. We are hoping that maybe we will be able to fly over in July or August to get her and bring her home. It is so wonderful to now have a beautiful face to put with her name. We ask that you please pray for her to continue to gain weight and that you will pray for us as we prepare to bring her home.
