After much research, we made contact with the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) and have expressed our interest in adopting. They will pass our information on to Douglas County DFCS (not sure why we couldn't do that ourselves, but...) and now we wait for a call. It could be up to ten days. Then we must go through their training before they conduct a home study. THEN we can discuss children. We are actually considering adopting from another state's foster system because of possible issues with raising children in the same community where they could have had negative experiences. Florida works with Georgia's requirements.
Today we also set up a savings account through my credit union specifically for adoption funds.
I really feel excited by taking these steps, regardless of how small they are! Each step is one step closer, right?
Michael is pursuing a situation that will allow him to work from home. Please pray this works out. We could definitely benefit from him working more hours than he currently is.
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That is wonderful! We will continue to pray for you two, both for finances and for the adoption.
Every little step is a step closer!
Keep up with those small steps, otherwise, looking at it as one big lump endeavor, you will go crazy.
You know....you could always just adopt locally and then just move to Raleigh! Ha! You knew that was coming. :-D
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