Home Study Visit #1

Our visit is done! We weren't sure what to expect, but we were pleasantly surprised at the ease of this  morning's visit. Shannon, our adoption specialist, spent the morning in our home. She met Sophie and loved how friendly she was. Sophie was a big show-off and kept wanting Shannon to play with her tennis ball. Shannon looked around the house and commented on the large dehumidifier in our bathroom. She seemed understanding of our predicament with the water damage, and was glad that our builder was taking care of fixing the damage.

We spent a little over an hour going through general questions about our family dynamics, support network, work schedules, perceived parenting style, motivation to adopt, and types of children we're willing to adopt. This visit seemed like an introductory visit and getting to know us better.

Next week (on Kevin's birthday-June 18), Shannon will come back to the house to do a second interview with us separately. She will talk with us each individually to talk about family history, experience in childhood, educational background, and more specific personal information.

Our background checks have still not come through. :( PLEASE keep praying. The home study can not be approved until the background check comes in. This is our biggest obstacle at this point.

The large dehumidifier in our bathroom after finding water damage under our bathroom cabinets on Friday morning. Not the perfect timing in our minds, but God's timing is perfect even when it appears chaotic to us.