Finally we have our home study interviews scheduled!!!!! We have our in home interview this Sunday, our joint interview at a public location next Friday the 8th, and our individual interviews the following Saturday the 9th. We are excited to get this step of the process started but we are VERY nervous. It is not every day that someone you don't know comes into your home, looks around, and ask you LOTS of questions about your life :) Not to mention the social worker that we are meeting holds the key to this whole process in her hand because she is the one who determines if we are fit or not to become parents...very scary!!! I know we will do fine and everything will work out for the best. It is all in God's hands, and we have great faith that he has GREAT plans for our life!!!
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Our Adoption Shirts
This is the front of our adoption shirts that we had made!!!!
On the back it has the bible verse Jeremiah 29:11
Ethiopian Get Together
August 14, 2010
Brandon and I attended our first Ethiopian get together in Plano,TX today. We got to meet other families who are adopting from Ethiopia and other who already have adopted. So yes that means we got to meet children from Ethiopia, I was so excited about that!!! All we have ever seen were videos and pictures on the internet so being able to meet the children in person was amazing :) We hope to continue getting together with theses families that live in our area!!
Psalm 115:15 May you be blessed by the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Brandon and I attended our first Ethiopian get together in Plano,TX today. We got to meet other families who are adopting from Ethiopia and other who already have adopted. So yes that means we got to meet children from Ethiopia, I was so excited about that!!! All we have ever seen were videos and pictures on the internet so being able to meet the children in person was amazing :) We hope to continue getting together with theses families that live in our area!!
Psalm 115:15 May you be blessed by the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Home Study Packet Mailed Off
August 4, 2010
I mailed off our home study packet today...what a GREAT feeling!!! Our next step is to schedule our home study with our social worker; she said it would probably be around the first part of September before we can schedule due to her work load. I am very nervous about the home study because I want to say the right things and have our house look perfect, which I know is not what the social working is looking for. I have been told by many other families that have already been through this part, to just be ourselves and that our house does not have to be spotless!! So I will try to remember that and not be too much of a nervous wreck when that time comes :)
Roman 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace.
I mailed off our home study packet today...what a GREAT feeling!!! Our next step is to schedule our home study with our social worker; she said it would probably be around the first part of September before we can schedule due to her work load. I am very nervous about the home study because I want to say the right things and have our house look perfect, which I know is not what the social working is looking for. I have been told by many other families that have already been through this part, to just be ourselves and that our house does not have to be spotless!! So I will try to remember that and not be too much of a nervous wreck when that time comes :)
Roman 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace.
Ethiopian Blogs
July 27, 20010
I just recently joined a few blogs on Yahoo for people who are adoption from Ethiopia. It feels good to talk to and see that other people are going through the same thing as you!! One is AWAA_Ethiopia and the other is ETHIOPIA BABIES. The ETHIOPIABABIES group is made up of people from the Dallas/Ft.Worth area who are either in the process of adopting from Ethiopia or already has adopted. I was very surprised to find out that there was that many families around us who are adopting from Ethiopia; hopefully we can build relationships with theses families!! In our spare time Brandon and I have been watching videos on YouTube of peoples journey to Ethiopia to bring home their child; I can not watch a single one without crying!!! On a different note I feel like Brandon and I are making good progress with our home study paperwork, so hopefully we will be able to mail it off soon :)
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
I just recently joined a few blogs on Yahoo for people who are adoption from Ethiopia. It feels good to talk to and see that other people are going through the same thing as you!! One is AWAA_Ethiopia and the other is ETHIOPIA BABIES. The ETHIOPIABABIES group is made up of people from the Dallas/Ft.Worth area who are either in the process of adopting from Ethiopia or already has adopted. I was very surprised to find out that there was that many families around us who are adopting from Ethiopia; hopefully we can build relationships with theses families!! In our spare time Brandon and I have been watching videos on YouTube of peoples journey to Ethiopia to bring home their child; I can not watch a single one without crying!!! On a different note I feel like Brandon and I are making good progress with our home study paperwork, so hopefully we will be able to mail it off soon :)
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
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