We become "active" in the agency's books this week (hopefully on Tuesday). Basically, this is how the process works. After your classes, homestudy, and paperwork, you submit two copies of your profile book and 13 copies of your one page "Dear Birthmom" letter.
There are a bunch of offices throughout the state. Each office receives a copy of our letter. This is like an introduction to us and our family. It includes one picture of the three of us together (the one from our cover). An expectant parent reads the letters, and decides which ones she likes the most. Then, her social worker (sw) will request those families profile books from the main office (these books are 25 pages long).
From those books, she either narrows it down to one family she wants to meet OR she looks through more letters and pulls more profile books. If she decides to meet the family, it is expected that she's pretty sure she wants to pick that family and the meeting is to confirm that. Of course, she has the option to not pick the family after the meeting, and she can change her mind anytime before TPR (Termination of Parental Rights).
People always ask, "Any news yet?" Unfortunately, we don't know how long we'll wait to be chosen. The program is seeing a lot of placements, but we have no idea how long we could wait to be chosen. Basically, we could be picked two weeks from now or two years from now. We'll just have to trust God in His perfect timing!
(The Big Sister to be...)
(Our dogs. Faith's birthmom picked us - after we were waiting for just 11 weeks to be chosen- because of our dogs. She loves pit bulls! How amazing is that?!? It just goes to show that God has a perfect plan for everyone. We can't wait to be chosen again!)
