First, I apologize for the lack of update- I honestly don’t know where January went, and in fact where February is. We have been crazy busy, but good crazy busy 🙂
This past Friday we had our last meeting- It still seems so surreal that our home study will be approved within the next week or so.. This process has gone so much quicker than we excepted. So now what?!
While- we are just finishing up our photo books and then will order 15 books.. yes 15.. and will send them to our agency, who will then disperse them to different agencies in the US. We will then be in the waiting process- the process that I (Steph) will be terrible at and am terrified for.. I’m sad to say that I can sometimes be a very impatient person. I also sill get terrified that we will never get picked by expectant parents and that we will be waiting for years before we can finally grow our family. I’m thankful for my husband (I have the best husband) that calms me down and reassure me that everything will work out and the wait will be worth it- whicI know it will be when we hold our first child in our arms (and there will be tears.. lots of tears). We will be sent emails of expectant parents looking at adoption and we will then let our agency know if we would like to be shown to them and then we pray that if we are the right fit that we will be chosen.
During our waiting process we will also be working on a couple more fundraisers and will be applying for as many grants as we are able to. We have been doing lots of research and making a list of ones that we qualify for. Once we get our home study back we will be able to take a day (hopefully) and get those sent in. We are hoping with the grants and our upcoming fundraisers that we will be able to raise close to half of our price.
We want to thank you again for you support and prayers. I don’t think we can thank you guys enough- we have never felt so blessed and supported in our lives and it has made this fun, stressful, exciting adventure easier. Thank you!
The Kiel's Adoption Journey 