Very Bad News

On Wednesday our agency informed us they were having some difficulties filing our court case in Ethiopia, but they didn't give us any more information. Yesterday we received a phone call informing us that Isaiah has a father that has been out of the picture until recently and wanted to have custody of Isaiah. Because he is his father and would not consent to the adoption there is nothing that can be done. We will not be bringing Isaiah home..... He on the other hand has gained his own family in his own country and this is a great thing. His mother is still living, she was just not able to care for him on her own. Hopefully now with the help of the father they will be able to give him the care he needs.
We are devastated, we never thought this could happen. It is a strange feeling to be so heart broken over something that you never actually had to start with, it is hard to explain. We are confident that everything happens for a reason and we know that God is still in control. We prayed He would send us the child that He wanted us to have and the child that needed us, and we know that He will.  It is just hard to know how to feel right now.

What happens now......We are now waiting for another referral, our agency will be going through their databases to see if they have a boy that meets our profile. We don't have any idea how long it will take or really what to expect. Our paperwork is in Ethiopia, it has already been translated, it is totally ready.  So once we have our referral the process should be fairly quick. The courts closed on Friday and do not reopen until late Sept. or early Oct. I thought they opened in August so I was wrong. We wont be going to to court before then for sure, that is about all we know right now.
We are both pretty gun shy at this point and very anxious to know what is going to happen. Please keep us in your prayers.

Also I would like to add that our agency has been wonderful, Shimeliss, the owner who we have been working with went all the way to Ethiopia to meet with the court system about what to do about our case. I feel that he went above and beyond and had no control over the situation.