We have finally gotten our fingerprinting done... perhaps I should back up. Here's the process for US so far in New Hampshire for international adoption: 1. Decide that we will adopt from Africa on our return from Africa May 2005... 2. Group meeting at Bethany Christian Services... 3. Survive first months of Family Practice residency... 4. Submit our application to Bethany Christian for home assessment in November 2005... 5. Application on hold until we decided which state we'll be living in... 5. Find a place to live that is bigger than a closet... 6. Decide which state to live in... 7. Move in to new place in NH in February 2006... 8. Rush through home assesment (several visits to our case worker's office and a visit to our home)... 9. Attend the mandatory NH 8 hour seminar on adoption/attachment issues/etc... 10. Get all the details together - recommendation letters to home assesment agency AND to adoption agency, medical exams and tests, visit police station, etc. etc.
Living as before the face of God - as missionaries in Uganda with New Hope Uganda focused on strengthening the local Church.