Nehrig Home Study- Redux

The visit with our social worker went well. She posed some really interesting and thought-provoking questions for us to consider. We're going to rewrite our home study to include approval for a sibling group or twins. This doesn't change our status in China. What it does do, however, is create a greater casting net for us, if you will. Paul has been gung-ho on the idea of twins since the day we attended the initial seminar. It's such a rarity in Chinese adoptions, but it does happen and this rewrite would allow us to be able to do that. We're also considering the waiting child program, which was formerly known as Special Needs adoptions. Special needs are defined on almost an individiual basis and it's hard to pin down what that might mean. Our agency does allow you a checklist (sounds strange putting it that way) for couples to indicate which special needs they are the most comfortable with or prepared to handle. I'm not sure what we're up for but we're praying on it and asking for God's guidance. As crazy as it sounds to some, God spoke to me once about this adoption and I know he'll let me know what I'm supposed to do with this decision. People who have biological children don't get the luxury of deciding what they will or will not be up for... so I sort of think this decision is a real blessing and if we've been blessed aren't we supposed to share those blessings?