Well, we went Friday morning to immigration. I thought we were going to get fingerprinted Friday but it turns out that you just give them your paperwork and a bunch of money. Then they send you a appointment to come back again. Well at least we've got that part going.
Saturday morning we ended up getting 2 parts of our homestudy process finished. Our social worker was really great. She has adopted and her children are now grown. So she is very helpful.
First she did the home visit. That's where she looks around our house to make sure we don't have unsheathed daggers sticking out of the walls or open wells in the backyard. I think we passed! :0) Then she talks to us about our country choice, our expectations, what medical needs we are open to, etc..
Next she did Russ' private interview. She asked lots of questions. How he grew up, his views on discipline, how we handle finances, how we handle big decisions in our marriage. She is very kind and easy to talk to. Plus anyone who knows Russ knows that he was thrilled to have a captive audience to listen to his theories on budgeting!!! So I don't think it was too bad.
She didn't have time to do my private interview so we scheduled it for October 11th around 4:00 pm. After that we just have to wait for her to submit her write up about our family. After that I believe we can accept a refferal of a baby. That just means we're matched with her. Then we travel to get her as soon as we have clearance.
Meanwhile we start preparing our Dossier. That's a collection of documents that will represent us in court in Guatemala. It's stuff like official copies of birth certificates and marriage license yada yada yada!!
So we're just hopping right along. It's amazing to me. I'm so excited....
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