Home Study Paperwork Complete!
We wanted to give you a quick update to let you know that we submitted our home study paperwork this morning!!! And man it feels good!!!
About to mail our paperwork!
It took us a little under a month to complete the 34 documents required (mainly because Bettina is a crazy woman!), and now it's just a matter of waiting for our background checks, fingerprints and other papers to be confirmed and approved.
Once our history packet is approved we will be assigned a social worker who will come to our house for the interview process, which will consist of 3-4 visits to our home. Additionally, we need to complete 16 hours of education regarding parenting and adoption, to fulfill Virginia State requirements.
We are now waiting for our dossier checklist to come in which will begin the process of phase 3! We're hoping that many of these documents will be similar in nature to our home study paperwork which should save us some time in the long run.
So far we have paid about $15,000 of the total and will need $7,200 more when our dossier is complete. God has been very faithful through this process and we are continuing to believe for His provision. Our next fundraiser will be our silent auction on November 2, which we're believing will bring in that amount (if not more!).
Thank you again for partnering with us and for your continued prayers and support. We couldn't do it without you!
More to come!