Homestudy: 1 Visit Down, 2 to Go
Well, our first homestudy visit went pretty well. I was really nervous and stressed about it, expecting it to be more of a "grilling": "Why do you think you're good enough for us to let you have a child?" type of thing. But it wasn't at all. It was more informational than anything, with her telling us about the process and expectations. There were a few questions, but they were basic, like why do we want to adopt and why did we choose our agency. The next visit may be more of an inquisition than this one was because we'll be filling out another questionnaire and talking about our answers with her -- each of us separately. I have no idea what will be on this questionnaire.
She toured our house, including the basement. I had the house looking really good, and was proud to show her around. The funny thing was, when we got to our bedroom, Jess opened up our closet door!!! I said, "Don't show her that! I don't think she wants to see our dirty laundry!" That was a literal statement, as I had just shoved piles of dirty laundry in there! I almost died. She agreed that she didn't need to see our laundry!
We learned some good things, and she recommended a lot of books and other resources for us. I think by the end we all felt good about things. She gave no indication that this wasn't a good choice for us and didn't discourage us from adopting, so I'm taking that as a good sign. And everything she talked about was in reference to "when" not "if." I hope she saw our hearts as far as our love for children and our commitment to adoption.
Bohdan was great the whole time and showed off his charming side. At first he sat at the table with us and was telling the social worker his own story -- very seriously -- while Jess was trying to tell her why we want to adopt. It was really cute. Then he played with his trains most of the time and we finally put a movie on for him toward the end when he was getting tired.
Next Wednesday will be our next 2 meetings in one where she meets with us each individually, and the final meeting is a week from Monday. I'm surprised how quickly we'll be getting through all of them.
So thanks for your prayers, and I'll let you know how the next one goes.
She toured our house, including the basement. I had the house looking really good, and was proud to show her around. The funny thing was, when we got to our bedroom, Jess opened up our closet door!!! I said, "Don't show her that! I don't think she wants to see our dirty laundry!" That was a literal statement, as I had just shoved piles of dirty laundry in there! I almost died. She agreed that she didn't need to see our laundry!
We learned some good things, and she recommended a lot of books and other resources for us. I think by the end we all felt good about things. She gave no indication that this wasn't a good choice for us and didn't discourage us from adopting, so I'm taking that as a good sign. And everything she talked about was in reference to "when" not "if." I hope she saw our hearts as far as our love for children and our commitment to adoption.
Bohdan was great the whole time and showed off his charming side. At first he sat at the table with us and was telling the social worker his own story -- very seriously -- while Jess was trying to tell her why we want to adopt. It was really cute. Then he played with his trains most of the time and we finally put a movie on for him toward the end when he was getting tired.
Next Wednesday will be our next 2 meetings in one where she meets with us each individually, and the final meeting is a week from Monday. I'm surprised how quickly we'll be getting through all of them.
So thanks for your prayers, and I'll let you know how the next one goes.
posted by Jess, Kristi & Bohdan | 3:44 PM
1 Comments:
Glad to hear it went well!!! Will be praying for you guys on the next visit! Keep me posted to when it will be?
Duane
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