Tuesday, April 9, 2013

I Have HOW MANY Brothers ?!?


                                                        Jack and Miller Brady

Today we sat in a dark and stuffy courtroom, answered a few questions and heard an Ethiopian judge acknowledge what we have known for a while, and what God has known for Ages--that Fesseha Adama is a Brady.  Now, African paperwork aligns with Divine Providence.

Although Miller Elijah Brady is officially our child, we must return to America and wait for further government processing.  At the right time, we look forward to returning to Addis Ababa so that we might bring him home--the place where he belongs.

Our hearts are full of gratitude as God has allowed us be a part of this journey.  Thank you for joining in his work and praying--specifically for your prayers that the path would be level and that logistics would proceed smoothly at today's court hearing.

We are thankful for God's grace along the way of this journey.  How thankful we are that Todd's mom and Jack are able to be with us.  We are grateful for the gracious staff who care for Miller and the other children here at the Transition Home.  We are even grateful for cameras which have allowed us to capture recordings and photographs of our new baby boy.

Choosing only one of the hundreds of images we have taken during our stay is impossible.  They are all PERFECT.  We eventually decided to post the above picture of Miller.  At this point, his language consists only of goo-goos and gah-gahs, but when we told him about the boys in our family, he had the most surprised look on his face!

Todd and Amy Brady

Friday, April 5, 2013

Ethiopia bound


...and we're off!

In a matter of a few hours, we board the plane in Washington D.C. for a long journey to Addis Ababa.

We are grateful that Jack, our oldest son and Dianne, Todd's mom are making the trek with us.  We are thankful for the Lord's work among us and hopeful about the prospects of the week before us.

In addition to God making our paths level and providing opportunities to bring Him much glory along the way, please pray for the court process to go smoothly next week.  While Americans are in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday morning/Monday night, we will stand in court for Miller.  We are honored to travel the world and stand for him.  After court, we hope to be able to post a picture.

Thanks to all  who have invested so much in this process with us.  So many of you are travelling in our hearts with us.

Todd and Amy Brady