We spent the day:
Josh: "Doing paperwork." (in a negative tone).
Elizabeth: "Working together to fill out the packets for the adoption process." (in an excited tone).
It was actually kind of fun to me to fill out the profile packets that detailed aspects of our childhood and how we express happiness, love/affection, anger, stress, disappointment in our lives today. We were even asked how we were disciplined at certain ages!! Hey dad, got any stories? :) I always tease my dad of a certain syrup incident I'm sure he's groaning about now. But that's for another time.
We spent about 5 HOURS on the paperwork and we still have one more LONG packet to fill out together that details the same aspects again. All of this paperwork is part of the Home Study that allows the adoption agency and the state to get a picture of our family. That way, when a child comes up for adoption they can look through our Home Study (i.e. the profile packets) and determine if WE would be a good fit for the child.
Of COURSE we would be a good fit! :)
The packets we filled out were:
General Info (names, job, basic financial info & references)
Family Profile for Couple with No Children (family relationships, home & community)
Father Profile (Josh's "paperwork")
Mother Profile (Elizabeth's packet)
We even had to write a letter to the child and biological parents (in case they were ever to show that to them). I think we spent the most time on these; which is funny because we don't know if the biological parents would ever be given the letter; and we are hoping to have a child who won't be old enough to read!
Like I said, we still have one more hefty packet to fill out, but we have completed the necessary paperwork to start orientation/certification classes. Whew!
We have been praying for this process to go smoothly (and so far it has) and that God would prepare this child who will be coming into our lives; and that we would be prepared for him/her.
Next week we start our certification classes. These will last through the summer months.
It was actually kind of fun to me to fill out the profile packets that detailed aspects of our childhood and how we express happiness, love/affection, anger, stress, disappointment in our lives today. We were even asked how we were disciplined at certain ages!! Hey dad, got any stories? :) I always tease my dad of a certain syrup incident I'm sure he's groaning about now. But that's for another time.
We spent about 5 HOURS on the paperwork and we still have one more LONG packet to fill out together that details the same aspects again. All of this paperwork is part of the Home Study that allows the adoption agency and the state to get a picture of our family. That way, when a child comes up for adoption they can look through our Home Study (i.e. the profile packets) and determine if WE would be a good fit for the child.
Of COURSE we would be a good fit! :)
The packets we filled out were:
General Info (names, job, basic financial info & references)
Family Profile for Couple with No Children (family relationships, home & community)
Father Profile (Josh's "paperwork")
Mother Profile (Elizabeth's packet)
We even had to write a letter to the child and biological parents (in case they were ever to show that to them). I think we spent the most time on these; which is funny because we don't know if the biological parents would ever be given the letter; and we are hoping to have a child who won't be old enough to read!
Like I said, we still have one more hefty packet to fill out, but we have completed the necessary paperwork to start orientation/certification classes. Whew!
We have been praying for this process to go smoothly (and so far it has) and that God would prepare this child who will be coming into our lives; and that we would be prepared for him/her.
Next week we start our certification classes. These will last through the summer months.
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