Halfway to Home Study Approval!

Yesterday we met with our social worker, Erica. She arrived shortly after 9 and didn't leave until around 12:30. We spent those three hours filling her in on our personal histories. On the one hand it felt like we talked forever, but on the other hand it feels like there's so much more to share. I keep thinking "Oh, I forgot to mention that" or "Oh, I should have told her this." It's hard to cram 31 years into one and half hours apiece!

She told us that based on our self-studies, she thought we could complete the home study in just two visits and we are already scheduled for our next visit on Monday, April 27! Amazingly, we were both free that day, so again our schedules are cooperating and things are moving right along. After the second visit, Erica has to fill out approval paperwork and gives that to the Korea program coordinators. She said she can usually get that done the day of the home visit, but she also let us know that she has two other home visits in Iowa on the 28th, so I'm not sure when she will be back in the office to get that paperwork completed. Anyway, as soon as that approval paperwork is in, we are on the official "wait list" for a referral. Erica still has to write up her full report, but we can start waiting while she does that. That means that we most likely can start waiting by the beginning of May! HOORAY!!!

Oh, one minor detail... this is all pending that our Adam Walsh studies get through Minnesota DHS. Still no word from them so Erica will be working with Katie this week to figure out what is going on. We can't be approved until that background check clears, so we are very hopeful that it gets sorted out in the next two weeks.

Thanks for all your good wishes and thoughts yesterday. We really appreciate all the support we have been receiving!