I haven't written in a few weeks so I thought I'd give a brief update on the process. Not a lot has changed. Grant and I are still working to complete the mounds of paperwork that is given. We are looking for a child First Aid/CPR class for Grant so if anyone has any suggestions on a good, inexpensive place to go that would be great. We have to get fingerprinted and fill out a few forms. We have three books we need to read and short reports to write on each of them. The books are interesting with a lot of good parenting techniques, so that's not too bad. After all of that is completed all we will have left are the two required classes. One is offered this next week and the other is next month. I feel like we are reaching the home stretch of our HomeStudy process, yay! After that we wait.
At the end of the HomeStudy there is another chunk of money that will be due. Grant and I are looking to fund raise to help with the continued costs of this adoption. If anyone has any suggestions on good ways to raise funds we'd love to hear them! We are thinking of putting together a garage sale and just collecting everyone's unwanted items. I'm thinking a March or April garage sale would be good. Again, any suggestions would be awesome!
Grant and I are grateful for all of the prayer support we are getting! Please continue to pray for us during this process. We want to remain diligent throughout all the 'boring' stuff like paperwork and we ask for prayer that finances will work themselves out. We also ask for prayer for our future child whoever he/she may be. The last thing we ask for prayer for is for our future child's birthmother. I can't even imagine what she is going through/will go through in making this decision.
Thank you to everyone who continues to offer us support! We are very appreciative!
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
