"It Is Ordered that the above named applicant(s)...

...is/are certified as acceptable to adopt children pursuant to the laws of the State of Arizona."

WE'RE APPROVED!!!

On Dec 8, 2008, our application for adoption was approved by the Arizona Superior Court system!

Now the real hunt begins. We are praying that the Lord shows his plan for us in this matter.

Merry Christmas! This is the best present we could have gotten!

I spoke way to soon...

According to my last post, everything was supposed to go to the courts back in October. Not so fast.

After a number of "we need this form before we can proceed" delaying tactics, we finally completed our application packet to the satisification of all involved and it was FINALLY submitted to the courts two weeks ago.

And then we needed to hurry up and finish our photo book so that our case worker could show it to a couple of girls we might be interested in.

I want this done already. The people we went through the MAPP training with have all been cleared and are working with kids. This is killing us.

Please pray that there is nothing found amiss and that everything gets pushed through and we get approved before Christmas.

God Bless and keep praying for us. Merry Christmas

Dave & Yessika

Finally, some forward motion

Well, thanks to the ultra slow pace that the Commonwealth of Virginia took in processing our background paperwork, it has taken over a month to get it back.

But, now it's back for both of us.

So, the Home Visit was supposed to be submitted to the court today. Now we wait for that process to work its magic.

We're hopefully, still!!!

Hello Wall? BANG BANG BANG

Just after my last post, we received letters in the mail from the state of Arizona. Oh no.

Upon opening them, we found that the Commonwealth of Virginia (where we once lived) does not accept the standard interstate request for background info. Oh no, they have their own special little picky form. Nothing else will satisfy them.

So, we had to fill out new forms, get them notarized and sent back to the state so they could endorse them and forward them on to Virginia. And then we get to wait for them to respond and go back and forth.

I'm hoping to hear something by Christmas, at this point. Oh well. No one ever accused the government of being quick and efficient.

Until then, I will continue to bang my head against the wall.

In a Holding Pattern

We are waiting for the background results to come back from another state we lived in. They seem to be doing it the old fashioned way...walking down a hall and looking through files by hand, or something. It's taking forever.

While we wait, we continue to look at children available for adoption. I came across this video today. It is a few months old, but it is interesting to watch.



Please keep us in your prayers while the wheels of bureaucracy continue to slowly grind along.

Update...

Ok, according to our rep, the home plan has been submitted to the court. However, because we have lived in other states, the court requested that CPS searches be conducted in all states we've lived in. So, there is another couple of weeks gone waiting for those results. And then we find out that we need a specific release of confidentiality form for the Commonwealth of Virginia. We mailed that back to our rep today so hopefully that is the last of the paperwork for a while.

Also, one of the two girls we were tentatively looking at has decided she doesn't want to be adopted. Apparently she has done this type of thing before. So, we widen the scope of our search and see what else comes up.

God will let us know when it is time.

Pray for us.

Oh, the pain of waiting...

Well, what's taking so long? We finished the classes like days ago already. C'mon! ;)

Actually, we talked with our licensing rep last week and she said she was finishing up the Home Study, and trying to find another reference, since some un-named individual didn't send back the one she mailed them. She was going to submit everything to her supervisor and once it was signed off, submit it to the court for approval.

Cross your fingers. We are looking at children on AdoptUSKids.org and getting really excited again.

Happy 4th of July to you all!!!!!