Not much of an update, yet. We are still in the midst of research. The outpouring of support from friends and family is a little overwhelming...and it is simply fantastic.
We've received emails & phone calls from family and friends with all kinds of connections. It's amazing to watch the work that God is doing here.
This is all I have for an update: We have found an agency that we have a great feeling about, but haven't made a decision on them, yet. We have given ourselves a deadline of the end of January to decide what we'll do. It's time to get moving on this! We have months of home studies and strangers scrutinizing our personal lives to look forward to!
I know what you are thinking: What is a "home study"? Well, we will be assigned a social worker who's job will be to help match us with the appropriate child. A home study also includes classes on parenting (isn't that cool - we actually get to learn the proper way to be parents!), interviews from the social worker, including visits to our home (to ensure we meet state licensing standards, the size of our home, etc). They'll also review our health records, our financial statements, and our background checks, etc, etc....you get the idea.
The Home Study report will include family background, education/employment, relationships, daily life, our parenting perspectives, religion, feelings about our readiness for adoption, and a summary of the social worker's approval/recommendation.
In other words, it can be a long and difficult process. Of course, all of this needs to be completed before we can even think about moving on to the next step. So, we'll look forward to these steps next month.
Thanks so much for all of the prayers!
No comments:
Post a Comment