Timeline Update

We have several updates this week. Jenny already wrote about the date for the 8 hour training class, April 23rd. We turned in our application/paperwork on Wednesday and were able to set the date for the Home Study, May 4th. The Home Study is under Step 5 of the 10 Step Process, so we are half way through the process. We are hoping that we will be put into the approved and waiting category by June 1st. See the timeline on the right for future updates.

What prayers do we have besides the obvious? Well, Jenny is not the best at the "hurry up and wait" situations. The adoption process is the epitome of hurry up and wait. You have to get everything paperwork wise done as quickly as possible so you can be approved, then you sit and wait to be chosen by a birthmother. Then you typically have to wait some more until the baby is born. I pray that she can relax, not stress about it and continue to give the controls up to God.

I'm the procrastinator which makes waiting a really easy thing for me (at least that is what I tell myself). I'm also the one that handles the finances on a daily basis so I know that waiting a little bit will help complete our adoption fund. I don't want to wait forever, but waiting until July would be ideal for our funding situation.

Speaking of funding, one of the tasks that we can start on now is applying for adoption grants. There are several organizations that give out small grants to help families with adoption costs. So more applications - Yippee.

I've opened up the opportunity to add comments if you would like. Being that this is our first experience with blogging I was a little nervous about someone who doesn't know us finding our blog and inputting a comment that we would not approve of. But I've researched it and found a way to approve all comments before they are posted to the public blog. So feel free to comment on any of the postings.

In Christ,
Jerry