Change is Good Update

We've already had 2 change jars turned in!  Thanks goes to Amy and Andy and The Reed Family!  Each jar had over $20 in it so that change really adds up! We appreciate your support and prayers everyone!

Our last case study interview!

We made it through our very last case study interview today!  Almost all of the questions were ones we had answered before (family history, our marriage, the adoption process, parenting, etc) but we answered them each separately, on our own first, one-on-one with our caseworker. Our caseworker said we matched up pretty evenly with our answers and if we didn't we would have been discussing it afterwards in more detail.  As soon as our caseworker left Ben and I immediately wanted to know what the other had said.  Even though Ben and I are complete opposites we have definitely taken time to get to know one another.  Including the good, the bad, and the ugly!  :) 

So a lot of you have asked what's next.  Our caseworker now has to compile all the information she's gathered from our interviews into a report and present it at a meeting where all of the other caseworkers and pregnancy workers will be present.  These meetings are only conducted once a month (on the third Thursday of the month) so we won't know that we have been stamped "certified to adopt" until after the meeting has been held.  Our caseworker also will be checking the references we listed on our application during this time as well.  In the meantime we need to start working on our match letter that potential birth parents will be looking at--a daunting feat to accomplish!

That's all for now everyone!  Hopefully you've been able to check out our fundraisers: Just Love Coffee & Change is Good.  We will be launching one more fundraiser soon!  (And here's a hint: You can wear it!)

Change is Good!

Help us raise money for our adoption!  Throw your spare change in a jar, and watch how quickly it adds up.  It's an easy way to come alongside our family and even your own kids can help!

Whether nickels, dimes, and pennies too,

Or the "change" that welcomes someone new

into our family, it's understood,

That either way, "Change is good!"

I found this fundraiser on another adoptive family's blog (Thanks Andy & Kiara at andykiara.blogspot.com!)  These labels can be mailed anywhere, or if you live nearby, I can drop off a jar to you.  

Please leave a comment on our blog or e-mail me at alishalikestoteach@yahoo.com if you'd like to participate in this fundraiser! 

 Feel free to use this idea for your own fundraiser, just credit the name back to andykiara.blogspot.com, and the poem to Sarah T.  Thank you!