Fully trained....

On paper anyway! Yes, Michael & I have completed our required 30 hours of training for our adoption. Seems like it was just yesterday that we found out when we would take our classes and that the 30 hours would take "forever" to get through...and now, we're done and we can't believe how quickly time flew!

During our last session, we had a foster mom visit with us. She is a remarkable lady. She and her husband have been foster care parents for 30 years and have taken care of almost 90 drug addicted/drug affected babies in that time. She was very open and honest with us in what they've experienced and it was great to hear first hand from someone. In the end, Michael & I were so thankful for her ministry and sacrifice and prayed that our children were in the care of foster parents like her!

We now have to complete all of our homework and projects, turn them in to Dennis at LSS and then it will all be reviewed by a caseworker. We will then be assigned an adoption caseworker to perform our homestudy. I'm not sure how long that will take; we'll have to find out from Dennis.

We have learned so much about ourselves through this training and feel we are much more prepared for what is to come. Now, this doesn't mean that we think we have all the answers! No, it means that we have many more questions, but we also know that God is with us, walking this journey along side us and is preparing each and every day for our children, and in turn, our children for us.

Thanks so much for your prayers, encouragement and friendship! We'll keep you posted as we learn more.