The past few months have consisted of the “great paper chase.”  We heard from our case worker on Friday and she said everything was approved except for one of the letters of recommendation.  Our friend needs to make minor revisions to the letter and resend it.  After that point our case worker will contact us and we will get our NUMBERS.  Even though I was really hoping for numbers on Friday, I am relieved to know we don’t have to make a lot of other revisions.  Our case worker said that we are very lucky because most families have to make many revisions.  The required documents included:

• Letter of commitment
• Birth certificates
• Marriage certificate
• Passport photos
• Federal background check results
• Local background check results
• Employer verification letters
• Physicals
• Financial statement
• Letters of recommendation
• Power of attorney
• Homestudy
• Photos of us and our apartment

We hope to announce our numbers very soon. . .