Asking for Your Prayers

We are one step closer. Today we went in front of the Judge again this time we had an attorney, something I wish we had since day one. He finalized the agreement that Bob can leave without attending the last hearing. The other person in the court room was the physiatrist, after the Bob leaving early bit was over the Judge asked everyone to leave with exception of Mariada and the psychiatrist. The rest of us waited in the hallway for about 30 minutes. Then Mariada came out, she was all smiles, then she was chatting with the social worker from the orphanage when she started to tear-up. I think the stress of it being over lifted and she became a little overwhelmed. We then learned that Bob and I will have to have two meeting with the psychiatrist, one in about thirty minutes and one tomorrow. She wants to see our apartment. (?) Then we are finished with all that and just have to have our last hearing on the 23rd.

On a very sad note, late last night Bob called the office to do some work and Tammy let us know that we needed to call one of the siblings because Dad was in the hospital. He went in with what they thought was a breathing thing, but it turns out he has pneumonia, he also had a heart attack and now his liver is failing. We are asking for prayers that he stays stable until Bob can get home; the flights to get him out are booked so we don’t think he can leave until Sunday. Please pray for the family as well; although Dad is 87 and we know that we will lose him it’s never easy to say good-bye.