Baby girl on the move

First of all, thank you so much for all your prayers for our baby girl. We believe they're making a difference, so please continue to pray.

After a GREAT service at church on Sunday we received some really rough news on baby girl. (And we are so thankful for our church family for your immediate empathy, comfort, and prayers -- it meant so much to us.) We knew she has been struggling, but our concerns were confirmed (and then some) by a report from a friend of a friend who is a doctor in another village in Ethiopia. It was by God's grace that this doctor was at a conference and ended up visiting the same hospital where baby girl was being treated. While his assessment was tough to take, it was the information we needed to provide to our agency so they understood that action needed to be taken.

We contacted our agency on Sunday afternoon and by noon Monday they had a plan to move her to a private (non-government) hospital in Addis, the capital city. ANSWERED PRAYER!

We anticipate the standard of care at the new hospital to be much better and it will also help because our agency's doctor and point person both are in Addis and can check on her in person much more frequently. They are planning to transport her from Awassa to the hospital in Addis on Tuesday (Addis is 7 hours ahead of us) so we will be trying to sleep during most of her 6-8 hour car ride.

All of this is GREAT news, but the reality is that she is in such a bad state right now that nothing is guaranteed, so...

Please pray for:

• Baby girl's health; specifically her immune system and her weight - that she will overcome any sickness she is struggling with right now, that she will gain weight to strengthen her system, and that she be free from any new infections or illnesses. She is in a VERY fragile state physically right now.
• Baby girl's spirit; that her will to live is strong and that she feel the love and care being poured into her soul right now.
  
• Protection and ease of travel from Awassa to Addis.
• The new doctors, nurses, and "seaters" (as our agency's point man called them - ha!) that will care for baby girl. That God would give them wisdom in their treatment plan and care for her.
• That our good friends, who are in Ethiopia right now, would be able to visit her and pray over her this week.
• Continued good communication with our adoption agency and their representatives in Ethiopia.
  

Thank you so much! It is awesome to think that she has people praying for her this very night all over the Louisville area, and southern, central and northern Indiana, northern Kentucky, Michigan, northern and central Florida, Oregon, at least two cities in Ethiopia, Indonesia, China, etc. !!! God is good!