Lieutenant Wise

We found out today that Josh got selected as an officer!!! He will be going to school in Missouri from July - November. We are so happy, we were told that if he did not make officer we would be getting transferred so yay!!! we will be here until at least December! 

Not much has been happening, we received our information on our dossier (lots of paperwork). Our homestudy date is still not set, the social worker is on vacation this week so we won't know anything until next week. It is hard to find a date right now because we are both very busy in April but we will work it out. 

We were supposed to show the condo today but the people cancelled their appointment. We would really like a bigger house with a yard and to not have to worry about selling when we do get transferred......God is in control and everything works for the good who love the LORD, I have to keep reminding myself that He will take care of everything there is no reason to worry about things that I have no control over. 

Just for laughs: we went to Outback tonight to celebrate Josh's good news, he spent at least 30 minutes in the parking lot putting the top up on the Jeep so no one would be able to steal his speakers out of the back....when we went out of the restaurant we saw that he put the top on but left the back hatch wide open lol (everything was still there) but he also left the back passenger door unlatched..... I think he was hungry :)

homestudy email

I got an email today that we will be doing our homestudy the last 24,25, or 26th or March. We have to baby proof our house lol....I really feel weird putting child locks on our cabinet doors (we will never get them open) hahaha!!! We have to get fire extinguishers for every floor and I guess that is pretty much all. I am really nervous! For those who don't fully understand a homestudy, it is a study of your home :) there is a social worker who will ask us questions together and individually about why we want to adopt, how we were raised, how we plan to parent, questions about our past and present, and to inspect the home to see if it is fit for a child to live in. They take this information and write a 15 page report which will be turned in with to our adoption agency and then on to immigration. Lots to do!!!

I graduate with my BA in Health Care Administration from Ashford University in OCTOBER!!!!! I am sooooo excited!

We should find out this week or next if Sergeant First Class Wise will become Lieutenant Wise :)

Application Time!!!!

We have been soooo busy, but we have everything prepared for our homestudy! We are just waiting on our social worker to call me back to set a date. We have finally chosen an agency, after reading a great book telling us how to choose an agency we had an idea what we wanted and this made it so much easier. We are using Hope Adoption Agency in MO, they are small and only work with Ethiopian adoptions. The owner actually called us himself and answered all of our questions, he makes us feel very comfortable. I am mailing in our application tomorrow, we are so excited and so nervous!
Josh has started selling Ziga, it is an herbal supplement for overall health and weight loss and of course I am still selling Mary Kay. From this point on all profit goes towards bringing out baby home! We are also working on T-Shirts that we can sell to raise money..... any fundraiser ideas would be great!!!
Please Pray for those in Japan and the 143 million orphans in the world
(The Complete Book of International Adoption: A step by step guide to finding your child. by Dawn Davenport)