I will try not to bore you with the little details of this process on a daily basis, but here is a quick update of what we are currently "working on." This may give you an idea of of how tedious this process can be.
As part of the home study, we were required to get physicals. At this appointment, our doctor had to complete and sign a form given to us by our caseworker. In addition, we also need a signed letter from the doctor testifying that we are in good health and able to parent a child. This letter had to be notarized. In case you have never had anything notarized, the notary has to witness the signature taking place. Thankfully, our family doctor had a notary on staff. However, the country of South Africa requires that the notary's commission be good for at least 6 months from the time the notarization took place. The kind woman at the doctor's office was allowing hers to expire so her commission was only good until February 2013. The letters that she notarized would not be sufficient. We had to wait until the "new girl" received her notary license so the letters could be re-done. Thankfully, I got a call early this week that the new letters would be ready soon.
In the meantime, the medical forms completed by our doctors reached our caseworker's desk and I received an email stating they were not complete. (Oh joy) Dave still needs to have a TB test done and we both have to be drug-screened. So back to the doctor we go! Our caseworker is still writing our homestudy so the medical complications aren't technically holding anything up at this point. Have to look for the silver lining!
Until next time :) Sarah
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