Home Study Approved by DHR

Yesterday morning I received a call from our social worker telling us our home study had been approved by the Alabama Department of Human Resources. This process can often take as long as six weeks but ours was processed in just one week. This was an answer to many prayers! The home study has now been passed on to CIS for their approval. The social worker said the current time line for CIS is 45 days.

Dawn spoke with our agency this morning regarding some paperwork questions and one form we forgot to send. If all goes well, our paperwork will be sent to Russia next Friday. She said we should expect to travel no later than mid October. I have had the last week in September as my target for several months now. A couple of weeks may not sound like a big deal, but the Russians have an extended holiday season in January and the government shuts down. For that reason, I had hoped to have court in late December in order to avoid the government shut down. It's all in God's time . . .