Adoption Update - April 19

Hello friends,

For those who might be reading this and didn't already know (and somehow didn't catch it from the title of the blog or the first post!), Jeff and I are in the process of adopting a couple of kids from Colombia! :-D We are hoping for a brother and sister around the ages of 7-10 years old. (Since we're a bit "older" ;-) we decided not to start with babies at this point!) We began the paperwork process at the beginning of October 2007. So, that's the backstory...

Yesterday (Fri., April 18), I'm pleased to report that I finally turned in the last of the documents needed for the home study portion of our paperwork!! YAY!! We still have a bit more paperwork for the dossier that goes to the agency in Colombia, but finishing the home study documents means we can move forward to meeting with the social worker and preparing for the kids we believe God has waiting just for us. We are so eager to meet them!!

So, the goal is to finish the rest of our dossier paperwork before I head to Latvia (for work) on May 13. Once all the paperwork and interviews are done, then we just wait...and wait...and wait. ;-) Of course, there's also the fun tasks of getting their rooms ready, prepping the house, learning about home-schooling (yep, that's the plan...at least for the first year?), figuring out how I'm going to work from home... Hmm. Indeed, there are still a few things to get done! But it will be sooooo worth it, of course.

Ok, so that's the update for now. I'll write again when we know more. :-D