After praying and talking about it at great lengths, we've decided on a consultant to use! We met with the Director/Owner last week and feel comfortable moving forward with the company. We've filled out the initial paperwork and hope to get it in the mail very soon!
For those of you who don't know what a consultant is, I'll give you a brief explanation of it. Our consultant will guide us throughout the entire journey - from initial paperwork to the finalization once our baby is at home with us. Consultants are like a "Buyer's Agent." They will guide us in setting up our home study, as well as creating our family profile (a book about us). Birth parents view the family profiles and use them to decide with whom they want to place their child. Additionally, consultants offer financial advice, help us decide what agencies to apply to, and advise us on finding the right birth mother and birth father situation.
We chose this company for several reasons. We've been praying very specifically for guidance, and the Lord was faithful to provide a peace in our hearts about this decision. The employees are christians - what they feel is important is very evident in all of their publications and the conversations we've had with them. Also, through talking with the company via e-mail, telephone, and face-to-face, we felt comfortable with them and appreciated their patience with our endless amounts of questions. For us, it was comforting to know the owners have two adoptive children. They've been down this road before and hope to assist other adoptive families.
We appreciate your prayers and will keep you posted!
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Matt and Melissa, You are such wonderful examples of walking by faith! Thank you for being willing to share this experience with all of us. I know that we are all going to be blessed by getting to see how God is working everyday in your lives. You two are such an encouragement to me!
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