...We still aren't licensed...
After the events of the previous post, the staff at our agency decided it would be beneficial for us to take some proactive steps to make the placement process easier in the future. Given my personal and family background, the staff recommended that we talk with a counselor.
Some of you might remember the events that marked the ending of our brief journey with Buckner. They also recommended counseling, but never gave us a chance to actually go through it while being a part of their program. Covenant Kids asked us to take this step in order to answer CPS inevitable concerns. Rather than deal with the speculation at each placement opportunity, Covenant Kids can now show CPS that we have sought professional insight into our backgrounds and family.
We started seeing a counselor in late February. After completing four sessions, it was confirmed that God is a mighty God who can take the disaster that was my life and turn it into something marvelously blessed. After completing the sessions we were excited to finally get licensed, thinking that the recommendation from the counselor was all we lacked.
That assumption was incorrect.
It turns out we lacked four fairly simple pieces of information. Three of those items we were able to fax in almost immediately. The one final piece of the puzzle that still eludes us is the blasted fire inspection. At least half a dozen requests have been made to the county over the last 5 months, but no one has ever made it to our home. Last Thursday, we actually had an inspection scheduled, but then the three surrounding counties went up in flames so the Fire Marshall was busy with more weighty matters than whether or not we have outlet covers.
The earliest we can be licensed is Monday, April 20 because the family services coordinator is out of the office until then. We are praying that we can get an inspection done this week and that there aren't any more lingering paperwork issues.
I won't lie. I have battled some bouts of frustration with the developments of the last week or so. My excitement about getting started taking care of kids who desperately need a home were temporarily doused by paperwork delays that probably should have been caught back in February. Julie keeps telling me not to get so worked up about it. She makes it sound so easy.
Nevertheless, we press on. Please pray for us. We (meaning mostly me) need patience, wisdom, and humility. We'll see what Monday holds.
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