There are times I feel like I am one step away from crazy! The waiting, the phone calls, the red tape, the paperwork...AHHH!! I am struggling to keep my emotions in check.
It seems as if we have been in a holding pattern for quite a while with me saying the same thing over and over again, "waiting for the homestudy to be written." Well now it has been written and Jon and I have finally laid eyes on the 14 page document. We have read and re-read it proofing as we went. The final edits have been sent to our social worker but we are now waiting on a call from our family coordinator to specify some wording in the homestudy. If all goes well our social worker will hopefully be able to email our homestudy to our family coordinator today. Once AWAA's main office receives the homestudy they will take a couple of days to review it and approve it. There is a chance they will ask our social worker to change or add a few things which shouldn't lengthen the process too much. I'm praying that by next week we will have a finalized and approved homestudy. I know that we have made a lot of progress over the past couple of months but right now at this moment progress seems painfully slow. I am SO incredibly ready for the homestudy portion of this journey to be over and done with. Deep breath...
For those following our journey please continue to pray:
- Pray for patience, especially for me. There are moments I feel completely overwhelmed and it has been easy to allow these emotions to affect me throughout the day. I desire for the Lord to grow me through this process but I need to be willing to surrender to His perfect timing.
- Pray for this section of our journey to end soon. Pray with me that by next week we will have a completed and finalized homestudy.
It is so difficult at different times in the process not to let myself miss out on the present! I will definitely be praying for you -- I'd venture a guess that most of us have felt crazy or impatient along the way. <3
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