home visit....CHECK!!

Whew! Home visit, DONE!! 6 long hours of talking to a complete stranger about our upbringing, our family relationships, our marriage, our deepest darkest secrets.......SO glad that's over!! It wasn't as bad as I though it would be, it was definately easier for Kevin as you all know how much he loves to talk!! 
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We are STILL waiting on a CPS background check from Tunesia for Kevin, and have to re-do our financial paperwork, but other that those things, we are done with the homestudy! Our social worker will take a couple weeks to write up our report, and once it is approved by everyone involved, it will be notarized and ready to ship off to Ethiopia!! I finally feel like we are making progress in this journey. I cannot believe it has been 4 months since we started this crazy process! The term "paper pregnancy" is such an accurate term for this process. just like pregnancy, there is lots of waiting, lots of impatience, lots of anticipation, lots of nausea(especially when you write those HUGE checks!!), and LOTS of faith....faith in God, faith in your care providers(our case manager being our OB!), and faith in each other. In pregnancy, you lean on your partner, you look in anticipation of the future, you dream about what will be, what may not be; you fear the worst, and hope for the best. Expecting by way of adoption is no different. only the waiting, anticipating, fearing, trusting, and dreaming period lasts 3 times as long.

We have amazing support. Our church family has been wonderful, our family, our friends, our co-workers.....people at the bank, folks at the secretary of state office, random people we share our journey with. We are so grateful for this support. Adoption puts a soft spot in just about everyone's heart, we have random people praying for us and our journey. It is amazing. and We are grateful! Our rummage sale is coming up, and we have recieved so many donations that they are filling up our home, and several more families are still bringing us things. This is going to be a MONSTER sale!!! Now that our paperwork is nearly done, we will be planning several more fundraisers to help in funding the incredible cost of bringing our child home. Depending on how this sale goes, we may have another one later in the summer/fall....we shall see. We are also in the works of planning a Bunco night, and possible a golf tourney(this one up in the air still). Thinking about taking my crafts and such "on the road" too, maybe doing a few holiday bazaars. We'll see how much time I can come up with!

As I close this post, my heart is happy and my dreams are big. It's starting to sink in the magnitude of this journey......it's huge. at least, in His eyes, it is. And because of that, it is in our eyes too. All for Him. :-)