WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!

1.     Mullins – EITHER – dte 4/25/08

2.     Rogers – EITHER – dte 4/28/08

3.     Bayly – EITHER – dte 5/2/08

4.     Precopia - EITHER - 5/2/08

5. (1)  Taylor – girl only – 5/2/08

6. (2) Garner - girl only - 5/2/08

7. (3) Delfosse - girl only - 5/9/08

8. (4) Pickard - girl only - 5/9/08

9. (5) Bartley - girl only - 5/30/08

10. Bushre - EITHER - 5/30/08

11.(6) Portilla - girl only - 6/13/08

12.(7) FOOTE - GIRL ONLY - 6/13/08 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13.(8) Redd - girl only - 6/13/08

14.(9) Kerby - girl only- 6/13/08

YES OH YES OH YES!!! 2 more girl referrals went out today! The Keiderling family received a referral for a 5 week old baby girl and the Gagnon family received a referral for a 2 year old girl! That moves us up the overall list AND the girl only list by TWO! Woot Woot!!!

We are now number 12 in the "either and girl only" and number SEVEN in the girl only line!!! OH YES OH YES OH YES!!!!!

And - in case you want the entire overall list of the top 12 waiting for a referral (boy, girl or sibling group) - here it is:

WAITING FOR REFERRAL

Top 12 (that we know of) waiting for referral:

Mullins (DTE 4/25/08) - either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Rogers (DTE 4/28/08) - either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Bullington (DTE 4/28/08) – infant boy (0 – 12 mos)

Bayly (DTE 5/2/08) – either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Precopia (DTE 5/2/08) – either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Taylor (DTE 5/2/08) – infant girl (0 – 9 mos)

Garner (DTE 5/2/08) – infant girl (0 – 18 mos)

Pickard (DTE 5/9/09) – infant girl (0 – 12 mos)

Delfosse (DTE 5/9/09) – infant girl(s) (0 – 18 mos)

Bartley (DTE 5/30/09) – infant girl (0 – 12 mos)

Bushre (DTE 5/30/09) – either infant (0 – 6 mos)

Low (DTE 5/30/09) – boy (3 – 36 mos)

I believe we are only 2 referrals away from being on this list!!!

8 months!

Just a quick note to say tomorrow will mark EIGHT (8) months of waiting. I'm really ready to see some more referrals move out this month so we can have a referral by April (please, oh please?). Oh - and as Feb 22 approaches I am remembering that four years ago on that day a group of Karamajong, African women prayed over me while I held an African baby that God would give me a child. And I'm still thinking about how cool it would be if our baby was born on that date Feb. 22, 2009 - 4 years later... it's possible.

We fly out to Pampa, TX tomorrow to lead worship for a D'Now so I knew I wouldn't have time to post then. May referrals rain down tomorrow. I'll touch base again on Monday!

Blessings!

Cindy

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Keep Referrals Rollin'

3 Referrals went out today. The Stacklers who have been on our list for either a boy or girl received a referral for a boy. The Gillmans received a sibling group - a 5 year old girl and a 2 1/2 to 3 year old boy! And the Dragovich family received a referral for a 6 year old boy and a 2 1/2 year old girl. 

So, now we move one up in the combined line to number 14 and stay number 9 in the "girl only" line. 

Here's the new list:

1. (1) Keiderling – girl only – dte 4/18/08

2.     Mullins – EITHER – dte 4/25/08

3.     Rogers – EITHER – dte 4/28/08

4.     Bayly – EITHER – dte 5/2/08

5.     Precopia - EITHER - 5/2/08

6. (2) Taylor – girl only – 5/2/08

7. (3) Garner - girl only - 5/2/08

8. (4) Delfosse - girl only - 5/9/08

9. (5) Pickard - girl only - 5/9/08

10.(6) Bartley - girl only - 5/30/08

11.(7) Gagnon - girl only - 5/30/08

12. Bushre - EITHER - 5/30/08

13.(8) Portilla - girl only - 6/13/08

14.(9) FOOTE - GIRL ONLY - 6/13/08 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15.(10)Redd - girl only - 6/13/08

16.(11)Kerby - girl only- 6/13/08

I don't ever show the following list, but it's getting exciting around here and we will enter the top 10 overall list (that's everyone waiting in any line) before we know it. Here are the top 10 THAT WE KNOW OF (those darn mystery families!) on the overall list:

WAITING FOR REFERRAL

Top 10 or so (that we know of) waiting for referral:

Keiderling (DTE 4/18/08) - infant girl (0 – 9 mos)

Mullins (DTE 4/25/08) - either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Rogers (DTE 4/28/08) - either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Bullington (DTE 4/28/08) – infant boy (0 – 12 mos)

Bayly (DTE 5/2/08) – either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Precopia (DTE 5/2/08) – either infant (0 – 12 mos)

Taylor (DTE 5/2/08) – infant girl (0 – 9 mos)

Garner (DTE 5/2/08) – infant girl (0 – 18 mos)

Pickard (DTE 5/9/09) – infant girl (0 – 12 mos)

Delfosse (DTE 5/9/09) – infant girl (0 – 18 mos)

If you kept this list going a little further I believe we would fall around number 16. So, if six more people on this list get referrals this month (which is totally possible!) we will be in the top 10 overall! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Mystery Family Discovered -We're Back to #9

I rarely check my home voicemail. Most of the messages on there are from people trying to sell something. So, today I did my first voicemail check in at least 2 weeks time and received a sweet voice mail from a lady named Heidi Garner. Heidi lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and, I think, 4 bio-children. She is adopting from Ethiopia and has been following this blog for a long time. She was calling to "confess" (as she put it) that she is in line ahead of us for an infant girl. In the voice mail she kept apologizing for this saying that she is not on the YG or any other group/list to be accounted for. Poor thing! So I called her back today and she was so sweet and apologized again saying that she feels like she's "cutting in line" even though she's been DTE since May 2. I told her not to worry about it and it's no big deal. We had a great conversation and she sounds like an awesome woman/mom. I told her that it's way better to know now that she is ahead of us so we can account for it and not be surprised later. But either way, the truth is, God has already ordained who Lulu is for our family and no number in line can change that. This is not a surprise to the One in control of it all.  

Garners - you are now either number 2 or 3 in the "girl only" line depending on when your log in date was.  And we are now number 9 in the "girl only" line. We always knew there was a chance for "mystery families" to exist in this line. So - if you are reading this blog and you are another mystery family - it's time to "confess" as Heidi put it. Ha ha! You can email me at: info@billyfoote.com or be brave enough to call at: 210.481.6776. I'll have to check my voice mail more often to see if any of you step forward. I promise I won't bite! 

The Garners are DTE May 2. So, knowing that - here's how the new line up goes (that I know of):

1. (1) Keiderling – girl only – dte 4/18/08

2.    Mullins – EITHER – dte 4/25/08

3.    Rogers – EITHER – dte 4/28/08

4.    Bayly – EITHER – dte 5/2/08

5.   Stackler – EITHER – 5/2/08

6.  Precopia – EITHER – 5/2/08

7. (2) Taylor – girl only – 5/2/08

8. (3) Garner - girl only - 5/2/08

9. (4) Delfosse – girl only – 5/9/08

10. (5) Pickard – girl only – 5/9/08

11.  (6) Bartley – girl only – 5/30/08

12. (7) Gagnon – girl only – 5/30/08

13.   Bushre – EITHER – 5/30/08

14. (8) Portilla -girl only-6/13/08

15. (9)  Foote - THAT'S US!!!! 6/13/08  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

16. (10)Redd - girl only - 6/13/08

17. (11)Kerby- girl only - 6/13/0

February Referrals Have Begun!

We've been in Nashville for the last 2 days and I missed so much! I discovered this evening on our YG that there were 2 girl referrals this week. The Heinrichs had just switched their request from "girl only" to "either", but they received a referral for a girl!!! And the Eckhardts also received a referral for a girl. So, since I had already subtracted the Heinrichs from the list (thinking they would get a boy since they switched their request), we move up one more in line to number 8 in the "girl only" line this week.

So, here's how you all can be praying.... Court dates have proven to be very tricky for all kinds of reasons and there is a back up that is longer than it has been in the past. People getting referrals right now will not get court dates until at least April. Then they have to pass their court date the first time or their next court appointment will not occur for a 4-6 weeks more. For us, this could be where our delay comes in... If we get a referral in April or May we will not have a court date until the late, late June or July at least and Ethiopia closes their courts from Aug to Oct. This means that we will have to get a quick court date AND pass the first time in order to travel to ET before court closures. If we do not make court before August we will ahve to wait through the closure and then we could be caught up in the backlog from closure. I so badly do not want to have a picture of our daughter and not be able to get to her for that long! I think that would be incredibly difficult. And while I know God will give us the strength and endurance we need I am BEGGING God to have mercy and grant us an earlier referral than expected, an earlier court date that expected and a successful first court date!!! So if you want to pray with us - that's how you can pray! Thank you!

Updated list is.....

1. (1) Keiderling – girl only – dte 4/18/08

2.    Mullins – EITHER – dte 4/25/08

3.    Rogers – EITHER – dte 4/28/08

4.    Bayly – EITHER – dte 5/2/08

5.   Stackler – EITHER – 5/2/08

6.  Precopia – EITHER – 5/2/08

7. (2) Taylor – girl only – 5/2/08

8. (3) Delfosse – girl only – 5/9/08

9. (4) Pickard – girl only – 5/9/08

10.  (5) Bartley – girl only – 5/30/08

11. (6) Gagnon – girl only – 5/30/08

12.   Bushre – EITHER – 5/30/08

13. (7) Portilla -girl only-6/13/08

14. (8)  Foote - THAT'S US!!!! 6/13/08  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15. (9)Redd - girl only - 6/13/08

16. (10)Kerby- girl only - 6/13/0

Successful Court Date Today for 3 Families!

The Chan, Black and Reno families passed court today and that is a great relief not only to these families, but to everyone waiting for referrals and court dates! It seemed like no one was passing (at least, it felt like that) until today! The Martin family did not pass, but the good news is that there is only one piece of paperwork missing and they have a new court date of Feb. 16!

Now we're just waiting for February referrals to roll out!

Congrats to all these families! The Chan family lives in Austin and they are such incredible people. Their son, Liam, is a doll. Make sure you go to their site: www.williamandshelley.com to see his pictures! We know our Lulu and Liam will be good friends over the years to come! Can't wait!

Moving up in line!

Just read on our YG that the Heinrich family is changing their request from girl only to "either" or "Boy only". So that moves us up the list before referrals even start rolling out for February. I'm not sure why the family changed their request because they were only number 2 in line waiting for a girl. My curiosity is growing? hmmmmm... 

But hey - I'm not complaining because now we are number 9 waiting in the "girl only" line! Oh yeah!

Updated list:

1. (1) Eckhardt – girl only – dte 3/28/08

2. (2) Keiderling – girl only – dte 4/18/08

3.    Mullins – EITHER – dte 4/25/08

4.    Rogers – EITHER – dte 4/28/08

5.    Bayly – EITHER – dte 5/2/08

6.   Stackler – EITHER – 5/2/08

7.  Precopia – EITHER – 5/2/08

8. (3) Taylor – girl only – 5/2/08

9. (4) Delfosse – girl only – 5/9/08

10. (5) Pickard – girl only – 5/9/08

11.  (6) Bartley – girl only – 5/30/08

12. (7) Gagnon – girl only – 5/30/08

13.   Bushre – EITHER – 5/30/08

14. (8) Portilla -girl only-6/13/08

15. (9)  Foote - THAT'S US!!!! 6/13/08  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

16. (10)Redd - girl only - 6/13/08

17. (11)Kerby- girl only - 6/13/08