Court Update

We heard yesterday that Ssu-Ya was very brave at her hearing. She spoke clearly and stated that she wanted to go to America and start living with her new family. The orphanage has asked us to give an updated "child care plan." A kind of picture of what her life with us will be like and what our family and community is like for the judge. I sent that off along with 24 pictures--emailed. It will be filed shortly with the court. Sarah Grace's representative from the orphanage leaves for a business trip June 17-23, so I doubt we will hear anything before that. Please pray for her too. She has a lot of time and energy invested in this and she has to translate my wordy documents! They have really been supportive of Ssu-Ya at the orphanage and realize how traumatic this has been for her. The judge asked the birth parents both to prove that they could provide for Ssu-Ya. He also wants proof that the man is actually her biological father. We were also told that the foster family appeared as witnesses, but I'm not sure if that worked for or against us.

Well, we'd appreciate your continued prayers and we'll keep you posted!