There is so much to be thankful for! Thank you to our friends and family that have offered their support, love and prayers. We are truly blessed!
On the adoption front... Peter and I each completed our self studies this week. Both of them came out to be about 16 pages long! (That's answering a large number of thought provoking questions!) We are patiently waiting for all of our homestudy agency's paperwork to be processed. When that is complete, they assign a social worker to us who prepares our homestudy. This is then sent off with all our "official" paperwork to Ethiopia.
We recently found out that one of the pastors at our church is also adopting a child from Ethiopia with the same agency as us! They are farther along in the process than we are. I was thinking what a perfect opportunity it would be for them to offer advice and pointers to the Coffaro "novice" adopters. (They just don't know it yet!) I am really looking forward to meeting them. How is it that you haven't formally met them yet, you may ask. There are currently about 10,000 members in our church!
Thank you again to our friends and family. We are so thankful for all of you and want to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! We're praying that this time next year, we'll have an extra little blessing at home to thank God for.
On the adoption front... Peter and I each completed our self studies this week. Both of them came out to be about 16 pages long! (That's answering a large number of thought provoking questions!) We are patiently waiting for all of our homestudy agency's paperwork to be processed. When that is complete, they assign a social worker to us who prepares our homestudy. This is then sent off with all our "official" paperwork to Ethiopia.
We recently found out that one of the pastors at our church is also adopting a child from Ethiopia with the same agency as us! They are farther along in the process than we are. I was thinking what a perfect opportunity it would be for them to offer advice and pointers to the Coffaro "novice" adopters. (They just don't know it yet!) I am really looking forward to meeting them. How is it that you haven't formally met them yet, you may ask. There are currently about 10,000 members in our church!
Thank you again to our friends and family. We are so thankful for all of you and want to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! We're praying that this time next year, we'll have an extra little blessing at home to thank God for.
3 Responses to "Thankful"
I am not sure how the girls are waiting so patiently... I'm NOT !!
"Auntie Nanny Nae" will be there if needed (totally have the routine down pat) OR available to watch them here (WI)- I'm reserving all my vacation time for my girls !! Love you guys !!
Nae :)xoxoxoxoxoxox
Hi Chrissy!
Thank you for your card and photo. It's wonderful to hear from you and even more wonderful to hear about your exciting news.
Happy (belated) Christmas!
Sophie
xx
Merry Christmas Coffaro's. We are so very happy for your exciting news. Patience is a virtue but excitement will overcome patience every time! Enjoy the journey and keep us all updated on your news. God's blessings to all this Christmas season.
love from the Wetter's
deb, jim, mike, jill, brayden and brad
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