HOMESTUDY DONE!

Just a quick update: We just received an email from Jill, our Heartsent Adoption worker, telling us that our homestudy is complete and our approval packet will be mailed to Jonah House in Taipei, Taiwan this week!

The Wait Begins

These are some of the pictures that we sent into Heartsent this week. Jill informed us that our paperwork was completed. She was waiting on the homestudy to send our approval packet on to Taiwan. The homestudy is being typed and should be completed very soon. Once it is done and reaches Heartsent, our wait begins. We have been told that it could take up to two months to hear back from Jonah House. There are several US agencies that are working with Jonah House so there is no guarantee that Tyler will still be available or that we will be chosen as his adoptive parents. This might just be the hardest part of the entire process yet. There is not much that we can do other than just wait....and pray. Please join us in praying for a quick response from Jonah House. Continue praying for Tyler and his birth parents as the next few months may be very hard on them.

Heather and I are designing t-shirts that we will sell to raise money for the remainder of the adoption. Keep checking the site for updates on the shirts and where you can purchase yours. We would like to thank you who have given through the paypal link on this site and those who have given other ways as well. We are still in need of about $10,000 plus the cost of travel, but we are confident in the Lord's provision.

Getting Close to Sending Paperwork to Taiwan

It has been awhile since our last post. This is because we have been waiting on some paperwork to be completed. Yesterday, we were informed that all our paperwork except one reference letter was in and complete. This means in the next week our homestudy and pre-approval packet will be sent to Taiwan. Once all this information makes it to Jonah House in Taipei the board of directors and the birth parents will make a decision regarding placement. The decision making process is said to take less than 2 months. Before Thanksgiving, Heather and I should know if we will be able to adopt Tyler.

Over the next few months, Heather and I will be completing 10 hours of pre-adoption classes. We will also be applying for grants and perhaps loans in order to finish paying the adoption costs. Heather and I have been so blessed. We received a very generous donation that came a few weeks ago. It was a great reminder to us that we are following the Lord and He will provide.

Please continue to pray for our family and for Tyler. Also we are asking that you pray for the Jonah House Board of Directors and Tyler's birth parents as they begin their decision making process.

Update

I would like to thank all you who have been praying and keeping up with our adoption journey through this blog. We have had so many people ask us about the adoption and tell us they were praying and following our progress. So we would like to say thanks and ask that you continue to pray.

This past week Heather and I had our adoption physicals and next week our children get theirs. This will complete the homestudy and we will anxiously wait for the final copy. Once we receive the final copy of the homestudy we can begin to apply for adoption grants and loans. This is important because the next payment of $6500 is due as soon as Cathwel (the Taiwanese orphanage) makes a decision about placing Tyler with our family.

Our adoption agency is putting together a pre-approval packet to sent to Taiwan. We need to take some pictures of our family, home, and places we would take Tyler to play. Then when the agency receives the preliminary homestudy report the packet will be sent to Taiwan and we will begin the wait. Finally, our agency requires 10 hours of adoption classes. So this week, Heather and I will begin taking the classes needed.

Thanks again and please keep praying!