First Home Study Visit a HUGE Success ...

... in fact, it lasted 4+ hours thanks to my husband and our male Case Worker bonding over sports!

After a long weekend (Labor Day) of cleaning, painting, rearranging furniture, discarding old medicines, relocating cleaning supplies to 'unreachable areas', and prayer, I am pleased to announce that our first home study visit was a huge success. This visit was the first time that we met our Case Worker , C Perry (CP). Highlights from the visit include:

1. Getting to know each other
2. Collecting Paperwork (yes, more paperwork!)
3. Reviewing our family profile, background, and our interest in 'foster to adopt'
4. Profiles of the situations we are likely to face (THIS WAS VERY SCAREY!)
5. Tour of our house while testing every smoke detector, checking for safety kit(s), and locations of medicines & cleaning supplies (*BTW, we have to buy a fire extinguisher)
6. Conversation with our daughter about the process

All the above lasted over 4 hours ... majority of the time was spent just getting to know each other. CP stated that he'd NEVER spent this much time doing a home visit and that he enjoyed his time with us.

CP will be back in a few weeks to do the last visit. Hoping its a little shorter :-).

We appreaciate all the prayers and support. They really paid off.

"our Journey" continues ...