Certification...here we come!

On Tuesday, we had our final meeting for the certification process. Sharon came over to check out our house and interview Matt. Talk about prepping your house for a visitor! The goal was to have a clean, but lived-in, look. I think we succeeded. She just wanted to make sure we aren’t living in sub-standard conditions and that we have space for a baby.

Now that she has our file completed, she will present us to the rest of the staff at Christian Family Care Agency. With each prospective family, the counselors must agree that we are prepared to move forward in the process. That meeting will actually take place today and she’ll call this afternoon to let us know how it went. She assured us that any issues would have been addressed already, so we have nothing to worry about.

Another great accomplishment was finishing our match letter (well, we’re pretty much finished). Our goal was to have a copy ready to show Sharon on Tuesday. It was really helpful to have that set deadline to keep us focused on getting it done. We were really nervous about what she would say. She had a few minor revisions, but seemed to really like it! And I doubted our creativity… Once we have it complete, I’ll try to post it on our blog so you can see it too. Even though it caused us some stress, it is pretty cool to have something that summarizes who we are. It will be neat to share with our son or daughter one day.