The story so far...

We've felt for a long time that God's plan for us was to adopt our children. At the moment we don't have any, but we just signed on with Bethany Christian Services to adopt a kid from Guatemala. This blog is designed for our family and friends (you know who you are) to keep up with what's going on with our long, slow trudge through the international adoption process.

So far:

May: Attended a required informational meeting at the Andover, MA Bethany office. Received a preliminary application that we quickly filled out and sent back. Nothing much on this application beyond our vital statistics.

Preliminary application was approved, and we received the "formal" application a week later. This one was a lot more in depth; it read more like a college application: essay questions on why we want to adopt, whether we've had fertility issues in the past, personal and professional references, income levels, amount of debt we're carrying, past addresses, stuff like that. Oh, and a non-refundable $550 fee. The first payment of many!

June: Sent in the formal application. Quickly got an email from the director at the Andover office saying we were approved and would we please let her know when we would be free to come down for the first interview (there'll be three of them).