HOME STUDY COMPLETE

It's been awhile since I'ved updated our progress.  Last week we recieved our completed home study, in our hands, hot off the press:)  This allowed us to file our I-800, which is an application to the US to make an international adoption.  It also allows us to apply for some grants to help fund and lessen the burden of an international adoption.  Most grant applications require a completed home study.  Unfortunatley many grants take 2-4 months before you are notified of receiving a grant.  When the I-800 approval comes back, we can send all our certified paperwork for the final sealing process in Washington DC.  When that comes back, we'll be ready to have our Dossier reviewed by our adoption agency.  So, even though it seems quiet, there is a lot of waiting right now, there is a lot of paperwork still going on.  We continue to anticipate what life will be like as we add to the family.  We are attempting to prepare the house by making slow steps toward finishing the basement too.

Even though this process feels like it's forever, we stand faithful waiting for the right time for each piece to come together.  Psalms 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.