We got big news today. BIG news, people!
Our homestudy was approved! This means that we are now officially approved to be
adoptive parents!
From Jeannine:
I got a notice in my email at 4:50pm that I had a message waiting for me
on our adoption portal (how we communicate with the agency). I was driving, on my way to a BBQ, but
knew I had to check it right away.
I pulled over, put my four-way flashers on, and used my phone to log in
to the portal (thank goodness for smartphones!). There was a message that we were approved, and that we
needed to review our homestudy document for any errors and then sign-off on
it. Of course, I had to read the
entire thing right then. Even
though it was a fifteen page document with small text and I was reading it on my
phone. Half an hour later, I
finished, and called Jason (whom I was meeting at the BBQ) to say that I was
running late. I was itching to
tell him over the phone, but really wanted to do it in person. The whole rest of the way there I just
kept laughing – it was such great news!
As soon as I got to the BBQ, I found Jason and said, “So, you want to
know why I was late? I was pulled
over in my car (at this point he thought I meant by a cop – I may or may not
have paused dramatically at this point...) reading
our APPROVED homestudy!” He was
really excited and we told our friends at the BBQ right away. Our friends were wonderful and rejoiced with us
and tolerated us talking about it the entire night!
From Jason: Last
night, Jeannine told me that she had gotten a call from our social worker
regarding our home study. She had
said that we would most likely get word today about whether we were approved by
the agency. I was pretty confident
that it would go well, but at about 4:00 this afternoon, I was wondering if we
were going to hear. I didn’t
really want to call Jeannine and ask, but I was definitely disappointed we hadn’t
heard anything. Then when she
showed up at the BBQ we were at tonight, she started to say she had been pulled
over. My first thought was “HA,
now we are even.” (We have a
little competition regarding speeding tickets, and I’m winning. Or losing, depending on how you look at
it.) Then she told me the rest,
that we had been approved. I was
completely speechless. The process
has seemed to fly by so far, especially when you hear other stories of how long
EVERYTHING can take, but I was very relieved to get this part out of the way. I know waiting from this point will be
very difficult, but this is one big part of it out of the way. And of course, I have been smiling all
night.
Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us. It’s so wonderful to have such a great
support system. Please keep
praying:
1.
That the Lord would prepare us to be parents,
2.
That the Lord would be preparing the right child for us,
and
3.
For wisdom and peace and strength for the
birthparents of our future child.
Love,
Jason and Jeannine
Congratulations!
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