I realize I have really been a downer lately with my sad and droopy post and I apologize so lets focus on the positives. Lets take a look at our adoption timeline what we have completed and whats to come.. . .
July 10th we have scheduled our home visit for our home study which is the last step. Usually the home study would not taken this long to complete but we moved and I changed jobs not to mention gathering enough funds to pay for the Application and home study which combined cost $2950. Our God is good and He has provided every step of the way.
Whats next??
After our home visit we wait to find out if our home study was approved. (WE ask that you please cover this in prayer!!)
Next we start on our dossier which is paperwork that will be sent to Hong Kong. The country fee is also due which is $4650. ( Pray for funding) At this point we can apply for grants please pray for God will and His plan for our funding.
After the dossier we wait for a referral which can take time. During this time we need to focus on the rest of our training and building our funds for the remainder of our adoption journey.
After we receive and accept a referral we wait to find out when we can travel. Meanwhile we complete 10 more training hours. We get all our things together for travel ( passports, etc.) and get house ready for baby.
We will travel to Hong Kong and stay for 4-6 days. While there we will meet our son and go to court where if all goes well He will be pronounced a Malone. We will bring him home forever :)
After this we have post placement reports where we meet with our social worker and talk about how everything is going, any problems or hard transitions we are having.
We are so excited that God has led us down this road and has chosen adoption to grow our family. We cant wait to find our boy and bring Him home.
"Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!" LUKE 1:45
- April 3 (2014) submitted Preliminary Application.
- April 6 Submitted formal Application
- April 7 announced on facebook so that friends and family could cover us in prayer.
- April 10 Talked to International Intake Coordinator about our Country options.
- April 17 Got the call our Formal Application had been approved.
- April 17 Attended information meeting at Agency. Received homestudy paperwork.
- April 28 Couples interview for home study.
- May 12 individual interviews for home study.
July 10th we have scheduled our home visit for our home study which is the last step. Usually the home study would not taken this long to complete but we moved and I changed jobs not to mention gathering enough funds to pay for the Application and home study which combined cost $2950. Our God is good and He has provided every step of the way.
Whats next??
After our home visit we wait to find out if our home study was approved. (WE ask that you please cover this in prayer!!)
Next we start on our dossier which is paperwork that will be sent to Hong Kong. The country fee is also due which is $4650. ( Pray for funding) At this point we can apply for grants please pray for God will and His plan for our funding.
After the dossier we wait for a referral which can take time. During this time we need to focus on the rest of our training and building our funds for the remainder of our adoption journey.
After we receive and accept a referral we wait to find out when we can travel. Meanwhile we complete 10 more training hours. We get all our things together for travel ( passports, etc.) and get house ready for baby.
We will travel to Hong Kong and stay for 4-6 days. While there we will meet our son and go to court where if all goes well He will be pronounced a Malone. We will bring him home forever :)
After this we have post placement reports where we meet with our social worker and talk about how everything is going, any problems or hard transitions we are having.
We are so excited that God has led us down this road and has chosen adoption to grow our family. We cant wait to find our boy and bring Him home.
"Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!" LUKE 1:45
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