Waiting!

It seems as though so much has happened since our last blog post BUT the best summary is that we are WAITING! We are currently waiting to receive our court date. A couple of weeks ago our case was assigned to a specific judge but, since then, the judge has moved from the Family Division and we are waiting for our case to be reassigned. Once our case is assigned, then we will wait for the judge to schedule our court date. Once our court date is scheduled, then we can book our flights. Here's the process from that point (as we understand it). We will have to go before the courts 3 different times--an initial time to present our case, a second time to provide any additional information the judge might request, and a third time to receive the judge's decision. The end result will be that we will be Gideon's legal guardians. Once this happens, then we will have to get a Ugandan passport for Gideon as well as meet with the US Embassy in Kampala to get a visa for Gideon to enter the US. Once we return to the US, we will go through the La courts to legally adopt Gideon. We have already secured a local lawyer who will help us through that process here. Whew, I'm worn out just writing about this. OH--Mary and I will BOTH have to be in Uganda for the first 2 court visits. She will then return to the US and I will return with Gideon once everything is finalized. Mary's time in Uganda will be 1-2 weeks and mine will be 4-6 weeks! Please continue to pray for us as we wait!