ASAP :)

Do you remember what I asked everyone to pray...very specifically...after our last court date was canceled??? I'll give you a hint: it was a list of 4 things and I wrote it in the post "I need a favor" on February 6th. Remember? Let me "jog" your memory:

1) For our family (Dustin, Amber, Carsyn, Sara Kate & Levi) for comfort, protection & peace.

2) For a court date as soon as possible in March.

3) To have Levi HOME in Alabama not later than May 2012.

4) For the people in Russia-leadership (our judge specifically), citizens, orphans.

I have prayed this everyday since then and I know many of you have also! Well, God heard our cry and the prayers of so many on our behalf! We have a new court date on March 22nd. This is great news...but here is why it is miraculous news...

Our first court was canceled due to the upcoming Russian elections. We were told everything was on hold until after the election.The election was on Sunday, March 4th. We were told we would not hear anything until next week (March 12th) because the courts would take time to reconvene. I was still hopeful they would somehow "squeeze" us in for March so we could bring Levi home in early May. I begged God to make this happen. I asked Him repeatedly for a court date AS SOON AS POSSIBLE in March. They called us on Monday morning, the DAY AFTER the election to let us know our new court date of March 22nd! It doesn't get any sooner than that! Praise God!

Please keep praying for us! Items 1, 3 and 4 are still very important :) ...and we haven't actually gone to court yet so pray for that part of the process too! We leave March 17th and we have a lot to do in a short time. Please also pray for provision. We are hitting a crunch with our finances for this adoption. We had raised/saved/borrowed right at the amount we needed to complete everything but now with the delays there have been some additional expenses and we need to raise about $5000 before the end of April. Please pray...but I know God will provide!

We are so thankful for this great news but even more so for all of our prayer partners that have lifted us up to get to this point. We are so very blessed...