remember my Finding God in walmart post?? Well we had our meeting yesterday!! It was a very informative meeting. We learned about public, private, domestic and international adoption. Our questions were answered. Then we were asked some questions. I left feeling pretty good.On the way home I asked John if he had any additional concerns or questions. He said no. He said he was surprised to hear that some private agencies do grants for adoptions. A couple minutes later I decided to be brave and ask the question I had been thinking since we left the adoption seminar....this is how that conversation went:
Me: "So babe, when do you think we should start looking into agencies?" (Then I held my breath for that answer...the one that goes something like "Soon, maybe 6 months....ya know when finances are better.") So this was what his response was:
John: "We can start now."
Me: "I'm sorry, what was that"? (I thought I misheard him. Surely he must have said Not right now"
John" "We can start looking now".
OK....YES....CUE EXCITED SQUEALING!!
So...we then followed that up with a talk about finances. Not a bad talk, but just what we want to accomplish prior to our home study. WOWZER...I actually am thinking about a home study...like is this really going to happen?? That is such an exciting, scary thing.
SO now the search is on...we have decided to go through a private agency and do a public/private adoption. What this means is the private agency works with the public agency (AKA social services) to help identify kids that match our profile. We are hoping to find an agency that does grants so that the out-of-pocket costs will be minimal. We could do public adoption and it would be free for us. However, as a family we have decided that having a foster child we fall in love with then having the possibility of them being taken away is just too much. I know it would be hell on me. Lexi attaches to people quickly so I know it would be very hard on her too.
We are the minority right now. We are looking to adopt an older child. A child between the ages of 6-16. Yes, that is a pretty big range. God will bring us our child when the time is right. Taylor wants a.....well he just wants someone around his age that likes to play video games. Lexi wants a big sister. Katie wants a big brother (I guess one big brother to beat up on isnt enough!). God is the captain of this ship...so only He will be deciding the specifics of our next child :-)
Well off to get the girls into bed...maybe my next post will be about how we are already preparing for our new child.
Until next time....
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