The 1st Home Study Visit...

We had our first home study visit last Tuesday evening.  I was so nervous about it!!!  I cleaned every corner in our house.  I think I was mostly nervous just because I didn't really know what to expect.  I didn't have anything to be worried about though.  Our social worker was sweet, and the visit was very low key and relaxed.  It sounds like we are in for a series of three, hour long interviews, and that is about all I know.  Anyway, it went well and we are ready for the next one tomorrow night (1/29).  I have not even begun cleaning this time around.  Maybe I should give her the real deal this time... with a mountain of clean laundry spilling off of the couch.  Ha! If you know me, you know there is no way I'm going to let her see that.  I'll put it all in our bedroom and close the door.

For those of you who have been praying, thank you so much!  The support of our friends and family is really going to make the difference in this long process.  It already has.

Our prayer requests remain the same:
-that our fingerprint checks get through quickly
-that we are able to raise the funds needed for our dossier submission
-for the health and safety of our child (who we do not know, and may or may not yet be born)
-and always for the millions of orphans around the world who are waiting for their families


*If you feel lead to help support us financially I have included a link to my Etsy shop on my blog page to the right of this post.  My hope is that this shop will take off, and that after we have raised our funds we can use the money earned from my shop to help support the orphanage and transition home that our kiddo will have lived in. 

We also have an account through America World Adoption Agency and their Eternal family program.  AWAA will accept contributions on our behalf and will provide a letter or email for you as a receipt.  I have included a link to this as well where you will find more information.  Please make sure that you use the "notes" section to designate "Jesse and Kara Williams" and the Eternal Family Program.