We are coming to the end of two separate countdowns. First is our upcoming move. With only five days left to pack before we leave for our church's Annual Conference and then moving day only two days after our return, we're trying to get everything done before Saturday. So far we've taken three trailer loads of stuff to the new house and my wife has planted some tomato plants (at the new place). My office is packed, and several rooms at home are completed (or nearly so). This week is the final push and then when we return from conference we can finish up a (hopefully) few final details.
The second countdown is toward finishing our homestudy. Today Jennifer returned for her third (and possibly final) visit to our home - despite the chaos and boxes everywhere - to meet our children and to interview them. This was their big chance to speak their minds about how they felt about us inviting foster children into our home or if they had feelings about having a new, forever family, brother or sister. Since I wasn't needed for this interview I stayed at work trying to wrap up details here. From what I've heard so far, the only concern was that if we had more kids, we might not have enough money. From our kids perspective, we're poor, because we won't buy them all the toys and gadgets that their friends have (and which, in their minds, we ought to have too). In reality, although we're not rich, we are certainly not poor. We have enough for what we need even though we know that getting kids through college in a few years is going to be more than a little challenging.
It seems that we are on target to get our move done at the end of the month and also that on moving day we will take with us a completed homestudy. At least that is our hope and that is what we are praying for. At the risk of repeating myself, once we are settled into our new home, we will then contact Children's Services in our new county to update the homestudy and we should be ready to go wherever this crazy adventure is leading us.
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