Let it Rain!!

Our prayer for Ethiopia is that it rain! Let it rain! Ethiopia needs rain in order to have adequate electricity to operate courts and MOWA (ministry of women and children's affairs). Currently there are mandatory power outages that are slowing the process of adoption for many families in many agencies. Families receive a referral of a child and then have the option to accept or reject that child. Upon acceptance, paperwork is completed and a court date (CD) is scheduled. This CD requires much paperwork and the very important but sometimes late recommendation from MOWA - it is sometimes late due to the increasing number of families adoption from Ethiopia, the understaffed and underpayed employees of MOWA, and the mandatory power outages that make it impossible to print. So some families are not passing court the first time and must go back again. A successful "pass" in court means that the child which was referred to you is legally your son/daughter at that point. When families pass court, they can then share pictures with friends and family, but not until then. Sooo, while there are many things to pray for, one to pray for now would be RAIN! Let it RAIN!