Prayer and Praise

I have some great news and a prayer request for all my prayer warriors out there! 

First, for the praise!  My cousin's family, the Millers, have been in the process of adopting from Ethiopia for over 2 years now.  They got news back at the beginning of the summer that they were going to have a precious baby girl.  At the time she was only 5 weeks old and they were hoping to have her home with them by the time she was 4 or 5 months old.  Well, because of the legal system in Ethiopia, their court date was delayed by two months.  After they finally got a court date they traveled over there in October to meet their daughter and go to court to legally become her parents.  They did not pass court because of one piece of paper that was missing from their file.  It was not a piece of paper that either they or their agency had to submit, but one that had to come from within Ethiopia.  It's kind of a long story, but to make it shorter, they got good news today!  All of the legal issues with the orphanage have been worked out so that one piece of paper should soon be added to their file and they will hopefully be traveling back to get their daughter in a just a few weeks!  So praise the Lord for this uplifting news!!!

Now, for the prayer request.  Many of you know that my sister has not had the best health for the past few years.  She has had many discouraging diagnoses and surgeries within the past 8 years or so, and now another one is at hand.  This coming Tuesday, December 7, she will be having a surgery to remove her entire large intestine.  It is a very serious surgery, so please pray that all will go well and that she will recovery as quickly as possible.  And please pray for her husband, children, and the rest of our family as we do our best to take care of her.  Thank you in advance for lifting her name up before the Lord.  God bless!!!