Application
So we got our application on September 10th! I opened up the envelope and took out a pretty big stack of papers. We started signing and filling out papers...and realized, if there are any skeltons in peoples' closets going through Bethany...they will find them out!
There were two stacks of papers. One stack had to be completed by October 9th along with an online portion. Most of this was just "sign here and date this." Pretty boring so I won't go into much detail about that.
The second portion is amazingly huge and has to be done before our first appointment with our social worker. This included more sign and date here, but also had questionneers about your childhood, how you were raised, your relationship with your parent(s) both now and in the past, your view on religion, where do you live, whats your apartment/house like, whats your community like, how will the child grow up, what are your views on discipline, etc, etc. One questionner alone was over 50 questions! We also have to provide copies of our pets vaccanations, marriage certificate, birth certificates, health/vechicle/rental insurance, income, last tax report, etc. and I know I'm missing a ton of stuff. The past few weeks have left us filling out form after form to get these certificates because we only have one copy of each. We also have to go to the doctor and get a two page health form filled out by them. We have to make sure we have all our shots up to date, TB test, drug test, STD/STI tests, etc, etc....like I said...Bethany needs to know everything. While it all seems overwhelming, we keep reminding ourselves that its all one step closer to bringing home the child God has for us.
So thats the application process in a nutshell and it costs $550!
Which leads me to another thing. We had no idea how we were going to come up with the money. We came across a company who does adoption credit cards. Now, Matt and I were both uneasy about taking out a credit card but knew that we had to inorder to get this application in. We filled out the app and waited nervously to see if we would be approved. I didn't say it, but I would have been happy with getting approved for a thousand dollars. Well, my Father is bigger than I, and we got approved for $10,000! That will help us not only pay for our application, but for much more than that as well!!
There were two stacks of papers. One stack had to be completed by October 9th along with an online portion. Most of this was just "sign here and date this." Pretty boring so I won't go into much detail about that.
The second portion is amazingly huge and has to be done before our first appointment with our social worker. This included more sign and date here, but also had questionneers about your childhood, how you were raised, your relationship with your parent(s) both now and in the past, your view on religion, where do you live, whats your apartment/house like, whats your community like, how will the child grow up, what are your views on discipline, etc, etc. One questionner alone was over 50 questions! We also have to provide copies of our pets vaccanations, marriage certificate, birth certificates, health/vechicle/rental insurance, income, last tax report, etc. and I know I'm missing a ton of stuff. The past few weeks have left us filling out form after form to get these certificates because we only have one copy of each. We also have to go to the doctor and get a two page health form filled out by them. We have to make sure we have all our shots up to date, TB test, drug test, STD/STI tests, etc, etc....like I said...Bethany needs to know everything. While it all seems overwhelming, we keep reminding ourselves that its all one step closer to bringing home the child God has for us.
So thats the application process in a nutshell and it costs $550!
Which leads me to another thing. We had no idea how we were going to come up with the money. We came across a company who does adoption credit cards. Now, Matt and I were both uneasy about taking out a credit card but knew that we had to inorder to get this application in. We filled out the app and waited nervously to see if we would be approved. I didn't say it, but I would have been happy with getting approved for a thousand dollars. Well, my Father is bigger than I, and we got approved for $10,000! That will help us not only pay for our application, but for much more than that as well!!
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