Oh so Faint... but a Glimmer of Hope

We have been waiting for the last week and a half for the bomb to be dropped. You know... the "I know you love these kids and would do anything for them, but you can't have them and they won't ever have a family and there's not a thing in the world you can do about it." Yesterday our case manager sent me an e-mail stating that the head of the Ethiopian program would be calling us today. We thought, this is it. Why else would she have someone else call? If it was happy news, she'd want to tell us.
Well, I waited all day for the call, slogging through my day at work and jumping when the phone rang. When I got home, I had an e-mail saying that they just received word that the kids have a court date in the city where they are from. The orphanage director is trying to get them declared as legally abandoned. Our agency said they don't know if it will work... it isn't something they would usually do because of our unusual circumstances, and they have no idea how long it might take... if the judge can see past the letter of the law and look more towards the spirit of the law. However, the orphanage director and agency staff say that everyone who meets our kids falls in love with them, and everyone has a huge soft spot for these particular kids. They are going to exhaust every effort to make sure they have a family, even if they don't think it will work.
It may be faint, but a glimmer it is. So, on June 15th, if you could send some good thoughts toward Ethiopia and cross your fingers, we'd greatly appreciate it. Actually, start sending the good thoughts now. It can't hurt to have them building up for a few days.