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OMG!! With so many hoops to jump, I honestly can relate to most peoples apprehension when it comes to the adoption process. So as I embark on my "journey of love project", I'll do my best to fill you in on all the mail and websites that are helping me figure this international adoption process out.
Going to check the mailbox these days is like a surprise party in my mailbox and me and my child in waiting are the only invited special guests. I love all the attention from the agencies and child welfare organizations! Today's mail came from the Child Welfare Information Gateway. There are three informational booklets inside titled:
- Adoption: Where Do I Start?
- The Adoption Home Study Process
- Adoption Options
I want to just take a moment and elaborate on my favorite one because its where I am spending the most time. It's the (hold your applause please) Adoption: Where Do I Start? I absolutely love this adoption process outline:
What's Inside....
- Step 1: Educate yourself
- Step 2: Understand the law
- Step 3: Explore your options/Select an agency
- Step 4: Complete a home study
- Step 5: Engage in the placement process
- Step 6: File necessary legal documents
- Step 7: Parent your Child
- Additional Resources
Please go to the site and request this booklet, because the information will be an asset to your journey! Continue to follow my International Adoption Story...
Today while going through the things I needs to do in order to get started with the Karis House fundraiser, I felt the need for some direction. I grabbed my faithful companion the Possibility Thinkers Bible: New King James Version the by Robert H. Schuller & Paul David Dunn, searching for the words to lead my path today. I arrived at page 266 where a picture of my beautiful daughter was being used a bookmark. It's my guess that these words had given me guidance one time before, because I had used a regular ink pen instead of a highlighter to draw stars around these words:
Which is the ending of the story titled "Women of Positive Faith", my favorite part (also underlined with that old black pen) goes:
Throughout the Old Testament women of positive faith speak out. Eve, Sarah, Rebekah, Deborah, Leah, Rachel, Miriam, Rahab, Ruth, and Hannah are all excellent examples of God's work in the lives of women. They were not perfect saints who never lacked in belief, but they had a positive and a decisive faith. They faced the future unafraid and ventured into new territories. They stood up for their convictions and won a place in history by believing in God.
I thank the Lord for holding my hand today! Stay blessed and journey to your life lessons by believing in that God uses ordinary people to do extra-ordinary things......
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