Worth it!

Have you completed a task with intentions of that being the only time you had to do that certain something, and later find out you have to do it all over again? That's sort of what we feel like right now. When we completed our home study last year, we thought that we would have an adoption finalized before now. A home study is only good for one year. That means we have to have our home study updated. With that comes more papers to fill out, more doctor visits, another home visit, and another fee. Thankfully, a month or two ago we received a $500 adoption grant from the North American Mission Board. This grant will cover our $400 paperwork update. This is a blessing because we won't have to use any of the Promise686 money. We are saving the Promise686 grant money for our placement fee.

Last week our caseworker emailed us a list of the documents we need to complete. I sighed and told Eric that I feel like we're starting all over again! We're not, but it feels that way. We will take April and May to complete our papers and then have our home visit in May (maybe June since school will be out). The paperwork will not take as long as the original home study paperwork, but it's still paperwork. It's really amazing all that goes in to adopting a child - we had no idea until we were put in the middle of our adoption process. Even though having to update our home study seems overwhelming and disappointing, our future child is worth it!!!!!!!!!!