It would appear that we are going to be learning a lot about patience through this process. On Wednesday, May 8 we had our third of three home visits as part of the home study. This was the final step that we needed to complete for the home study. We had hoped that by the end of that week everything would be done and we could move on to the dossier. Well, as it turned out, there was one report that was out of our control that had not been finished. We finally got the draft of that report on May 20th. Now the only thing left for the home study process is approval by the agency. Barring any major issues this should be done in the next 2-3 weeks.
Did I mention we were going to be learning a lot about patience through this process? Well, the two weeks that we had to wait for the last part of the home study will be nothing compared to the potential three years we might have to wait to bring home our children. Yes, you read that correctly -- right now the Philippines has a three year wait after your dossier is approved. Now we are 3-4 months away from that clock starting to tick since the Philippine government approval will take some time.
This will be a long road but we are in it for the long haul. We have already seen that truly it will be God's timing and not ours. Originally we did not think we would be able to start the entire adoption process until April 1st but we were allowed to put things in motion on February 15th. I guess we can say we are a month and a half ahead of schedule!
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