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Day 9: What is one thing you do today that you didn’t think you would ever do?
Again, it all goes back to adoption. Tonight, we just attended the first informational meeting (again) to get the ball rolling in the adoption process. There were 14 other people there besides us, and I was excited to see that one of the couples was from our school district. We got to listen to two workers from Lutheran Services of Iowa discuss some staggering statistics about Iowa’s foster children.
For example:
Did you know that in Iowa at any time, there are about 4,000 children in “out of home” placements?
And, of the roughly 10,000 children served by Iowa’s foster care system each year, about 1,500 are legally available for adoption?
Those are some pretty sobering statistics.
We turned in all of our paperwork, which was a huge relief– because that’s when I knew it was official. After the meeting, we drove to the Dallas County Sheriff’s office and had our fingerprints done. AGAIN.
Now we sit and wait for the paperwork to be approved and we will be notified as to when we can begin our PS-MAPP classes. There will be 10 weeks of classes, one night per week – 3 hours at a time. During those 10 weeks, we will also have our hoemstudy completed – which involves a caseworker coming to our home and meeting with us and or children. We will have our finances looked at, our physical and mental health evaluated, and so much more.
If someone would have told me 10 years ago that this is where we would be today, I never would have believed it.
Hi Jenni,
I am a new reader of your blog and I just wanted to say that we have been through the same process and although it will seem to take FOREVER, the end reward is wonderful!! Good luck to you and your family and I will be praying that everything works out for you soon.
On another note, you asked questions about children of other races and how they would feel~ My daughter has 2 babies and their father is black so obviously they are a different color than the rest of us and all they worry about is if they will get a cookie like everyone else. Just love them, help them embrace their culture when they show interest into it and accept them for who they are and they will fit right in. I used to say I was “color blind” when it came to race, but wil my beautiful Haitian babies I have changed that to I see all colors and they are all beautiful!
@Trina, thank you so much for your comments! I appreciate all the prayers and support we can get!