So, on Wednesday we had our first Home Study appointment. This appointment was a big deal to us. We had been anticipating it and preparing for it for a while and feel like it was our first big step towards the reality of adopting. The Social Worker counseled us...
We have had quite the summer, filled with about as much as 10 weeks can hold. Actually, most people experience what we experienced over a span of several years. All of our living grandparents – Poo, Nana and Papa – went to be with Jesus in a matter of five short...
Hawaii International Child (HIC), the agency processing our Home Study, received our application and we have made our appointments to meet with the Social Worker. We are required to meet with the Social Worker two times: once at the HIC office (August 23) and the...
We sent off the application for our Home Study today. For those of you who aren’t familiar with a Home Study (don’t feel bad, I didn’t know about them until recently), it’s a mandatory – and expensive – step in the adoption process. Basically, a Home...
…to welcoming a baby into our home and family because we have chosen an adoption company to work with! As we’ve been looking and researching adoption agencies/companies over the past several months, we have been looking for a Christian organization that has reasonable...