Scary Rumors

Tomorrow is our 10 hour Hague training, which we have to have for the home study agency and our adoption agency. We found out yesterday that three of the four couples that had signed up to take it cancelled. We will be the only ones attending. We definitely don’t want to put this off. BCHFS only does this training once every three months.

Today when I was searching online for more information on adoption, I found an article about China making changes in their requirements. It was listed as a rumor, so I don’t know if it’s actually true or not. I am fearful because any changes in requirements could potentially hurt us or at worse stop the adoption.  One of the changes is that if we don’t get our dossier in by Oct. 1, our home study agency has to be Hague accredited. I don’t know if our agency is or not. They are doing the Hague training and my adoption agency referred us to them, so surely they are.

I am fearful and anxious today. I know that those things are not from God. I am currently taking a women’s bible study class on Hebrews 11. It’s all about faith, and boy do I need more of it.  Heb. 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

                                         Lori

One Big Step

Finally, our home study packet is all complete! It is now in the mail. This is a big step in the adoption journey.

                                         Lori

Thinking About Adopting a Younger Child

Brent and I read a magazine article about reactive attachment disorders in adopted children. We know that there will be affects from the child being in an institution all her young life, but we weren't aware of just how bad it might be. We are now thinking we maybe we should adopt a younger child, maybe between 12-18 months, to reduce the likelihood of this being a problem. Not sure.

                                         Lori

CPR Training

Today is our CPR class. CPR training online wouldn’t be approved for our home study agency requirement. When I had tried to find a class, many of them were all day long and expensive. I finally decided to call our local fire department, and found out that they have someone there that does the training. They did the class just for us, and it took 2 ½ hours. We went to class prepared, though. Last night we did an online training.                  

                                           Lori

Sent Application to Our Home Study Agency

We had sent our application to the home study agency, BCHFS, last Saturday, and it was approved today. There’s a lot of paper work to do for them that is separate from the dossier for our adoption agency. I wasn’t expecting this much. It’s going to take more time to complete than I would like. Apparently, it is an Illinois law that a family wanting to adopt has to be a licensed foster home. So, we will have to do all the work required to be a foster home even though we don’t plan on ever having foster children. Lots of papers to read and sign plus blood tests, fingerprinting, CPR training, and 10 hours of Hague approved training. Hague has to do with countries that have signed The Hague Agreement. China is one of those countries.        

                                                    Lori