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Hi, friends! Time for an update! We are digging out from a ton of paperwork that we turned in last night at our second home study! As we mentioned before, four homestudy visits with our social worker are required, and we've completed half of those! Our next home study will take place on Tuesday, November 1st, or Friday, November 4th! Most everything on our end has been completed up to this point. Our background checks were done and mailed last Thursday, so our adoption agency is waiting on those.  We will have treated and hopefully taken care of the environmental bacteria in our well by the end of this week.  We are done with one entire book that is required we read, and have just a book and a half to go! Our three hour required adoption class is this Saturday in Clark County! We thankfully do not have to drive hours away to go to an upcoming class; they had room for at the class closest to home!  And the adoption agency will make contact with our references ve...

Hello, friends! We thought it was time for an update about our journey! When we last met with our social worker, Sherri, we had scheduled our next home study for Monday, October 24th. But we found a conflict that evening with an open house at my work, so we asked to reschedule for later that week. Today I got a text from Sherri, and she offered us next Tuesday, the 18th! We are excited to get our second home study complete, so we can move along to the third and then the final home study required! We've had a bit of a hold up with our well inspection. We live in the country, and have well water; and unfortunately a small bacteria was found in the water. So we now must take measures to get that issue cleared up. A small bump in the road; we are praying for an easy fix, at hopefully very little cost, so we can move forth! Kevin will have his physical this Friday morning, our background checks will be completed after that, and then this Monday we will have our home fire inspect...

The first of four homestudies was completed last night, and we are thrilled with the outcome! It was a stressful few days leading up to yesterday, preparing for this visit. While we knew what she was looking for in our home, as far as the safety audit went, we were still nervous and didn't know what to expect! Our social worker, Sherri was very informative, helpful, and wonderful! Everything on her two page checklist last night, was checked off, except for pet immunization records. I obtained those today, and will provide them to Sherri at our next visit! Next week, we will have our fire inspection from the fire department, Kevin will have his physical, and we will have our background checks done! The week of October 24th will be our second homestudy. We are so excited to be moving along so quickly in the process. We've launched a t-shirt fundraiser which you can check out here: https://www.bonfirefunds.com/patchwork-a-prayer-and-a-promise We thank you for your con...

Everything lately seems like a whirlwind! Things are happening much more quickly than we expected! Everything we've done so far, from the pre-application to the actual application, we've gotten answers for, far quicker than we imagined. On Wednesday, we were told our social worker would contact us within 15 days, to set up our homestudy. This afternoon, we got that call, and the first part of our homestudy will take place this Tuesday! While we are excited, our minds are spinning with all that we need to get done and have in place! Many have asked about the cost surrounding adoption. Most domestic adoption costs can be anywhere from $35,000 - $45,000. But with the Adoption Agency we are going through, the cost is much less, an estimated $18,000 - $25,000. Choosing Hope Adoptions, in Springfield, our adoption agency, they partner with other outreach ministries and churches in Springfield, and fundraise, to cut overhead costs. We've also been asked how you can help... ...