Hello Friends. We are asking you to join us on a week long prayer journey. We received new news this weekend from Ethiopia that is very concerning. If you want, you can read all the details of what is going on at the end of this post. The bottom line is that it is more crucial now than ever that we pass court on March 15. (If we do not pass, it could add as long as a year to our journey).We have prayed that throughout this entire process that God would receive all the Glory. We are at a point now where there is nothing else that can be humanly done in this journey. It is totally out of mans hands. It is all up to God and we are asking and praying for a MIRACLE. There is nothing that is too big or too hard for our God to handle. So this week we will be on our knees asking for that miracle, and we are asking you to do the same.

So here is how we would like to do this. It is a 2 step process
Step One
We are going to post time slots below. We are asking you to email us here (mrstorijones@gmail.com) telling us which time slot you would like to sign up for and agree to pray sometime during that time frame. (we will update this post as people sign up so that you can see which slots are covered). Of course we would love to have multiple people in each time slot, but most importantly we want to cover every slot.

Step Two
After you have prayed during your time slot we would like for you to email us again here (mrstorijones@gmail.com) and send us a message with your prayer. It can be as short or as long as you want. IT can be a prayer, scripture, anything. As those come in we will post all of the prayers in the different time slot on the blog under Praying for a Miracle- Part Two.

We can't wait to look back and to one day show Zoe all the prayers of God's people as we approached this crucial day. We want each of you to know how grateful we are for each and every one of you. We thank you for walking this journey with us. We trust that everything happens in the Lord's perfect timing and that he has not forgotten us. He knows the desires of our hearts. He loves our Zoe even more than we do. WE KNOW THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD!

Thanks for loving us, for loving Zoe and for joining us in this journey.
Derek and Tori

Time Slots For Prayer
Monday, March 7



12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- Cindy Cole, Kimba Campbell






5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Rick White




10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Tina Robison, Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Mickey and Bridgett Ward






3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Allison Gage, Margie Thiel






8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Glen and Jill Harper, Sarah Williams, Margie Thiel



Tuesday, March 8
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- D'Arcy Bishop, Patti White
5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Robbie Green, Rick White, Debbie Hall, Mary Catherine Sexton, Amy Farrow
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Allison Skalisky, Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Carrie Roden
3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Keith Warfield, Margie Thiel
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Sarah Williams, Phil and Donna Jones, Margie Thiel

Wednesday, March 9
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- Linda Lamb, Patti White
5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Rick White, Kimba Campbell, Scott Family, Amy Farrow
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Carrie Roden
3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Courtney and Kevin Lofton, Diane Dawson, Margie Thiel
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Sarah Williams, Angela Chapple, Margie Thiel

Thursday, March 10
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- Jessica Chicago, Stephen and Heather-rae Houle, Patti White
5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Rick White, Mary Catherine Sexton, Amy Farrow
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Cindy Cole, Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Carrie Roden
3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Mandi, Alyssa and Trevor Davenport, Margie Thiel
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Faith Payne, Sarah Williams, Margie Thiel

Friday, March 11
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- Ashley McClanahan, Patti White
5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Susan Burch, Rick White, Amy Farrow
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Allison Skalisky, Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Carrie Roden
3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Coy and Julie Hamm, Victoria and Jesse Brooks, Margie Thiel
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Sarah Williams, Margie Thiel, Danielle Berg

Saturday, March 12
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- Ashley McClanahan, Patti White
5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Rick White, Amy Farrow
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Carrie Roden
3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Cindy Cole, Margie Thiel
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Sarah Williams, Margie Thiel

Sunday, March 13
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- Ashley McClanahan, Patti White
5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Rick White, Amy Farrow
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Carrie Roden
3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Erin Robinson, Margie Thiel
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Sarah Williams, Margie Thiel

Monday, March 14
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.- Cindy Cole, Courtney Lankford, Patti White
5 a.m.- 10 a.m.- Rick White, Amy Farrow
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.- Cissy Durham, Margie Thiel, Pam Darnell, Carrie Roden
3 p.m. - 8 p.m.- Allison Gage, dp, Margie Thiel
8 p.m. - 12 a.m.- Sarah Williams, Margie Thiel

Tuesday, March 15- Sometime during this time frame will be our actual court hearing!!
12 a.m.- 5 a.m.--- Allison Skalisky, Cindy Cole, Dana Carter, Patti White

Update on things in Ethiopia
So many of you know that we have not passed court the last 2 times because we were missing one piece of paperwork. This piece of paperwork is a letter from the Ethiopian Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA). The first court date was a holiday and so MOWA was closed. Our second court date MOWA was moving and so was closed. Currently MOWA writes 30-50 adoption letters a day. The government is wanting to cut back on the number of international adoptions in Ethiopia. So beginning March 10, MOWA will be writing ONLY 5 LETTERS A DAY!!.( Our Court date is March 15) In 2010, around 2500 children came to America from Ethiopia. In 2011 they are predicting that only 500 will come home. You can read the official story here






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