Over the weekend we saw the first photos of Madonna‘s visit to Malawi on a trip meant to primarily begin the adoption process of a beautiful little girl named Mercy James but also so that her first adopted child, David Banda, could visit his homeland and spend time with his biological father. First we saw photos of Madonna visiting the village of Magwelo with her eldest child Lourdes Maria and today we get to see pics of Maddy and David visiting at a school that she financed which is just south of Malawi’s capital of Lilongwe … a trip that took place after David was reunited with his father Yohane Banda:

In an emotional reunion, David met with his biological father, Yohane Banda. “We spent three hours together. My son has grown too big,” he told reporters. He also said that David looks very much like him, “but resembles more his half brother Dingiswayo.” Madonna briefly met Yohane and updated him of his son’s schooling. “She is a sweet lady,” said the 33-year-old peasant farmer of the singer. Sources tell PEOPLE that Madonna is expected to take her children Lourdes, 12, Rocco, 8, and David, 3, to the Home of Hope orphanage in the border district of Mchinji for her adopted son’s reunion with the orphanage where the singer found him in 2006. She is also expected to take her children’s to David’s ancestral village of Lipunga.

It’s really wonderful that Madonna would make it a point to make sure that David remembers where he came from and that she ensures that his biological father gets to spend time with the son he had to give up. It cannot be easy for Yohane to only see his son on visits like these but it’s really great that they get to spend time together any way they can. As long as David knows he is loved, that is all that matters. It’s fortunate that Madonna has all these plans for their visit to Malawi because it sounds like she is going to have to remain there for longer than she may have anticipated. Madonna did file the adoption papers for Mercy James in court today but learned that the case would be postponed until Friday. After the jump, check out photos of Maddy making her arrival to and from court today …

Madonna will face a judge in Malawi on Friday as part of her ongoing quest to adopt another child. Court registrar James Chigona told reporters that Justice Esme Chombo will consider whether to grant Madonna a temporary custody order to allow her to take 3-year-old Mercy James out of the country. Chinula tells PEOPLE that Madonna’s split with filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie will not affect her chances to adopt Mercy. “Malawi laws do not say single parents cannot adopt,” he said. “The courts assesses cases as they come.” Mercy’s teenage mother, Mwandida Maunde, died at age 18 in 2006.

Madonna‘s proposed adoption of little Mercy has angered some locals but she was met with the same resistance when she first adopted David. I contend that she will be successful in her bid to become Mercy‘s adoptive mother. Despite what negativity some people feel for this proposed adoption, I cannot imagine that a court ruling in the child’s best interest would rule that she would be better off in an orphanage than in Madonna‘s very able care. I suspect we’ll be seeing more photos of Madonna and her children in Malawi as the week continues … while we wait to find out of Madonna will become a mama again.

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