We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life.But those who make their journey home across time & miles,growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them,are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us by God's very own hands.

--- Kristi Larson

April 1, 2008

Corrections

It seems as though our homestudy has been reviewed since our social worker emailed us today with a ton more questions and paperwork to do. Since our HS interviews were conducted at the same time that AGCI received Hauge accreditation we had to go back and fill in some of the new requirements. None of it seems too hard to get done, and we should still have the corrections done before our FBI check comes back. All should be well especially once we clear up the fact that my husband was not in the military, which I think she wrote in our HS that he was! Apparently our social worker keeps getting us (mostly my husband) confused with another family she is currently working with. This has made it a little interesting. I'm praying that mid-April we be done with this whole part and move on to waiting for a fingerprinting date and FDL (favorable determination letter). For those of you who are not familiar with all the adoption jargon you can visit our FAQs page and see the process and definitions there. Our homestudy social worker said that one family waited 4 months for a fingerprinting appointment! That would mean four more months before we even got on the waiting list. I just pray that doesn't happen. One of the other ET adoptive families here in town wants to help me set up a network of ET families here in the state. It would be so fun to have this little group since there are not any populations of Ethiopian-Americans close to us. Any tips on how to connect or form organized groups would be great!

2 comments:

Our journey said...

It is nice that you can get your corrections made while you are still waiting for your FBI checks to come back. That will cut down on some of the waiting.

I pray you will not have to wait that long for your appointment. Although we just got to walk in, they told us it might possibly be a 4 month wait (constantly in prayer that it won't be that long) before we received our FDL, so I feel your pain. It is so frustrating that they are not more standardized. The wait wouldn't seem like a big deal, if you didn't know that other offices can get there's done much quicker.

How great to set something up for your area. I feel like God gives us these ideas, so we have something constructive to do and don't go crazy with all the waiting.

Praying for a quick turnaround on your FBI check and then a quick appointment for your fingerprints. Are you in a pretty rural area of the state? Ok I know there are only a few big cities, but will you have to travel far to apply for your FDL?

Amy

Brian and Autumn said...

I guess Martha was reading home studies yesterday because we got our corrections last night. Hopefully she is able to finalize everything soon and your FBI comes back any day now!