A month or so ago, we cheered for a family from Southland who was watching us online in Ecuador. They've been in the country finalizing all the necessary paperwork to bring home a son named Jefferson. I received an e-mail from the family today asking for prayer. You can read what they've written and I would ask that you pray until we receive word that they've made it home safely.

 

We're a Southland family who's in Ecuador completing the adoption of our son, Jefferson. We've gotten all the paperwork done, the adoption complete and we were scheduled to fly out for Lexington tonight, but this morning the national police force along with the air force here in Ecuador has gone on strike, seizing the airport in Quito and closing many roads in the country. Needless to say, our flight has been cancelled. We're staying in a missionary guesthouse here in Quito, so we're safe as long as we don't go outside the walls here. Security is at a minimum with all the police on strike. All the businesses in Quito have closed--schools, restaurants, markets, etc because of fear of looting. Right now, we're scheduled to fly out of Quito on Saturday morning, through the Netherlands and into Lexington, arriving around 11:00 PM that night. We hope the airport will be reopened by then so that we can bring our family safely home--we also have 2 of our biological children with us, Lizzie 10 and Connor 7. We're just asking that people start lifting this situation up, as there are many Americans, just like us, who are stuck here hoping for a quick, positive outcome. We know God is in the details--we're trusting that all will be okay, but prayer never hurt anything. Also, I ask that you lift up our families back home who are worried about our safety.