Homestudy Complete!

Friday, we had our third and FINAL homestudy visit. The visit from our social worker lasted about two hours.  It really wasn't as "invasive" as we had been thinking it would.  The entire family sat for a little while with her as she asked the kids a few questions - mainly about their thoughts about Warrior and if they had any questions for her about the process.  After that, the kids went upstairs to play.  They were very respectful the entire time.  Kristie and I sat with her at the kitchen table and went through some more questions.  Mainly, detailed questions about our assets, life insurance and our income.  A few questions pertained to Warrior's medical condition and how we were planning to deal with specifics about it.  We will be asked these same medical questions by the Court at our first court appearance.  Most of her questions were asked to fill in areas of the homestudy document she's writing.

So from here, we will have a draft homestudy document in our hands next week.  Once the kids' medical is complete on March 4th, the homestudy document will be complete.  At that time, we will submit the homestudy and the I-800a to the USCIS.  At the same time, An Open Door will send our dossier to Lat^ia to begin the language translation process.  Once we get approval from the USCIS, the dossier will be given to the Lat^ian Ministry.  There's very little we have to do at this point, but fund-raise. It's a good feeling to know that now others are working on our behalf!  We asked her when we would travel for our first trip. She said it now would be as early as June!

When our social worker left the house, it was a big feeling of relief, like an elephant had been lifted from our shoulders!   We packed the kiddos up and headed to Conyers to see Mom and Dad.  The kids spent the night with them and Kristie and I caught a movie and dinner in the big city as a celebration of the completed homestudy!  Today, on the way back to get the kiddos, we stopped at the Dekalb Farmers Market. This was our first time ever going there.   What an incredible place!   Vegetables, fruits, spices, tea, coffee, breads, meats...from all over the world, this place was incredible!  Inside of the market, hanging from the roof, is a large flag of every country imaginable.   We were able to find the Lat^ian flag...

Found this awesome trailer today of the upcoming "The Bible" miniseries on the History Channel.  You know where I will be 8 PM on Sunday, March 3rd.