Hi all!
We have some BIG NEWS! We had been waiting on our fingerprint records to come back from the government (apparently it had been sitting on someone's desk for quite awhile instead of being mailed back to the adoption agency like it was supposed to have been), and we finally got those results in last week so our social worker was able to send in our full portfolio for final approval by the director of CSSM. In the mail today, I received an invoice to pay for the fingerprinting and a few other backround check things, so I decided to call and make sure that we wouldn't be missing any other bills in the mail while we are on vacation this next month. When I called in, they told me that Joe and I are officially accepted into the adoption program!! This means we are now in the adoption pool, and our portfolios will be shown to prospective birth parents! We'll also be put on the CSSMT website as potential adoptive parents!
We knew that we had all of our paperwork in, but it is such a great feeling knowing that all of our part of the work is done! Woot! Now, we have to sit back and wait on God's timing! Please be praying for us since the waiting will not be easy! Also, we still have the second half of our placement fee to pay once we receive a placement (that fee is $5,600 and we have $1,000 saved for that so far). I will be trying to put together a few more garage sales/fundraisers for when we get back! We're hoping to raise at least $1,400 more to bring down our out-of-pocket expenses.
God has been SO good to us and so faithful to us throughout this whole process! We are so incredibly thankful to you, our friends and family, for supporting us and praying for us!
Much love and blessings from the Hubbards!
