Court Date!

     When I woke up the morning of July 16, I had a feeling that we were going to get a phone call with news of our MOJ signature.  I made sure John checked his phone every time we stopped our bikes for a break.  Sure enough, as we were halfway around Mackinac Island we found out we had gotten our signature.  What an amazing moment!  One step closer to the boys.  I did a little happy dance and a shout for joy and was pretty much perma-grinning for the rest of the day.  Check that off the list and move on to the next thing to wait for.  Next up on the list - the court date.  Thanks to a facebook group we are a part of, we knew the dates were coming fairly soon after getting signatures and have been praying fervently for a July date before the Bulgarian government slows way down for the month of August.  Well this morning I woke up and "knew" we were getting our court date.  We  usually hear from our agency around noon, so at 11:30 I asked John if he had his phone nearby.  He checked it and had missed a phone call.  Our agency had called with a court date!!  So we celebrate today one step closer again to the boys!  Unfortunately, the date is October 1, which means we will most likely travel in November.  The judge assigned our case will be on vacation in August and September. There is no changing or reassigning of cases once they are set.  We definitely do not like that it will be 6 months between trips to Bulgaria but rejoice knowing that we have a date, and our forever family will soon be united.  We spoke with our agency later in the day and are working to set up a Skype session with the boys.  The internet connection will be sketchy and there may be no audio, but if we can see their sweet faces, it will get us through until November.  I had a few hours of "Poor me, how long must we keep waiting?" and am choosing now to celebrate this next step in the journey.  Still sad for the two more months we are missing with them, but reminded that every good and perfect gift come from God, in His time.