Here's the scoop. About 1 1/2 weeks ago we were notified that there were two children in need of a family by our caseworker. We decided to put our file in for these children. To recap for those new here, the process goes like this -
1. Children identified and our family asked if we would like to send our file. We will have received a photo and a short bio on the children at this point.
2. If we say yes, the file gets sent and put together with other families' files that are interested in these children.
3. Selection Staffing is where the CPS worker and others go through the files and choose their top 3 families; and put them in order 1 through 3. Family #1 will be notified and the children's detailed files are sent.
4. A Presentation Staffing is held with the family to present information and for them to ask questions etc. The family has 48 hours after this meeting to decide if they would like to continue to pursue the children. If they say no, CPS then goes to Family #2 and the process starts again.
5. If you say yes after Presentation Staffing, they schedule the meetings with the children. They are always done wherever the children live; so if they are in Lubbock, El Paso, Corpus,...we go to them. Usually there are at least 2 to 3 meetings, sometimes more to help the transition.
Once they are in our home, the clock starts counting and at 6 months the adoption is finalized.
SO, now that we've gotten through all that - here's the deal - we know we are in the top 3 families for these children - 8/31 they will decide the order. Please pray, because we want God's will for this. If these are the children for us, we want the door thrown open wide, if not we want it shut.
Thank you everyone for standing with us. We so appreciate your friendship, encouragement and love.
Will keep you posted.
Josh and Juli
