We had our 3rd home study last Thursday. I wanted to blog about it that day, but we had to travel to Indiana because Caleb's grandmother was not doing well. We knew that she didn't have much longer here on earth. Caleb's mom wanted the family that could come down to be there for her and Grandma Carnahan. We arrived in Indiana late Friday evening. Grandma Carnahan was 89 years old and passed away on Saturday February 4 at 4pm. She had been battling Alzheimers since she was 80 years old. We were glad that we were able to be there for Caleb's mom and for the funeral. The funeral was beautiful and a fitting tribute to Grandma Carnahan. She was a woman who loved the Lord, her children and other people. She had 9 children, 3 of which were born with physical/mental handicaps and she dedicated her life to caring for them.
Our home study went well. Our social worker took a tour of our home--I was a little nervous about this! You know, when someone comes to your home, you think about all the things that you need to do different, clean or fix. I have not put any pictures on the walls because I know this place is not going to be permanent (we eventually want to buy a house). I really don't want to have to wrap and pack pictures--again! Packing pictures is so tedious. I've been contemplating unpacking my pictures and putting them anyway. I love having pictures up around my house. Anyway, our social worker's main goal was to see the sleeping arrangements we would have and the basic safety for our place.
We have one more home study to go. Hopefully, we'll be able to get that done within the next couple of weeks. After we are done with our home study, we will be able to focus full force on our dossier paperwork, the paperwork that will go to Ethiopia.
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