Self-Study...check!

Thirty pages later, we are finally finished with our self-study! Actually, we were done a week ago but didn't realize until Wednesday that they couldn't take our documents via e-mail. They wanted the real thing so it was off to the post office first thing Thursday morning. There isn't a huge rush on them, though, as we also found out that we are still waiting for our fingerprints to get through Minnesota DHS. Apparently since we are out-of-state residents, it takes them longer to process our prints.

Once our prints clear, our application file will be officially complete and sent off to the social worker here in Iowa. It takes her about a week to go through the information and then she will contact us to set up our first meeting in Cedar Rapids. So now begins another time of trying our best to wait patiently while the system works. We have done our part and now we can "relax" while other people do theirs.

We are learning a lot about trust, patience, faith, and hope. And we constantly remind ourselves that one day we will look back and feel like the time flew by.

P.S. We finally figured out how to automatically e-mail a list when the page updates. Shoot us an e-mail if you'd like to be added to the list!