Homestudy Update

As you can probably tell by the silence on this blog, there has not been anything new in regard to our Bulgarian adoption except for more paperwork, of course.

Over the past few weeks we have been working on our homestudy update. We must have this update to apply to USCIS for an I-800 A extension later this year. For an Ohio homestudy update, you need new medical statements from your doctor, a new home fire inspection, new child abuse clearances from all states you've lived since age 18, new letters of employment, a new financial statement, new BCII and FBI background checks, a new letter of reference, and another visit with a social worker. We have completed all of these tasks and our homestudy could be ready except that the Ohio child abuse clearance report has not yet arrived at our agency. It could be another month before it does which is rather aggravating when all it takes is someone punching our names into a computer and running them through a database.

Fortunately, spring has been and will continue to be quite busy for us, so waiting on various adoption related matters has not been as difficult as it was over the winter which is not to say that it is easy now. There's a church we pass on our way home that currently has this message on its sign: "Patience is a virtue that carries a lot of wait." I'll be trying to keep this idea in mind as we move through this process.