Approval!!!!


I am sure by now that many of you know...mainly because I posted it on Facebook...but WE WERE OFFICIALLY APPROVED WITH OUR HOME STUDY! Some of you might not know what that means. Basically, we were interviewed individually, then together as a couple, by our social worker. Then, she came out to the house and made sure we have a safe house, made sure our dog is nice (which Al was on his best behavior today), talked with one of our references (Thanks a million Bill, who probably praised us more than we deserve), and asked us about our neighborhood and surrounding area. She then approved us, and now we will begin working on our dossier (another name for a big packet that markets us to Ethiopia as perspective parents, with tons of information that will be tons of work that we need to do in the next 6 weeks). Once that is sent in, we wait for that to be approved, and eventually wait for a referral of a child. It looks like the wait time is about a year until a referral, and then approximately 3 months until we travel the first time, and another 2 months until we bring the child home. So that being said, PRAY FOR A SPEEDY WAIT TIME! We are so excited and the process is so much more real (especially because we had a huge payment due today!), and we can't wait for these months to come.

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  1. April DSeptember 29, 2010 at 11:00 PM

    Could you start keeping a timeline on your blog (maybe to the right side of the page) so I remember what's going on and pray better?!?!? :)

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  2. WifeSeptember 30, 2010 at 4:24 AM

    Congratulations! The dossier is crazy, so please feel free to ask questions if you need to! It is so exciting to be working on the papers that are going to bring your baby home! :) :)

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  3. KristinSeptember 30, 2010 at 7:01 AM

    Congratulations! (Of course you were approved!) Praying for a speedy wait time, as requested. :)

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  4. Lorie BromleySeptember 30, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    Reading your post sent chills down my back - God is moving!! Love you so much!!

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  5. aurielleOctober 5, 2010 at 12:39 PM

    Congratulations! :)

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  6. UnknownOctober 21, 2010 at 3:34 AM

    congratulations, Nate and Andrea!
    This calls for a Friday morning coffee to celebrate! lol

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