Home Inspection
Wendy Ince, who is our social worker at LSS-Illinois, is coming to our home today for a two-hour visit. We invited her for a discussion of our upcoming trip to Ukraine. She is going to do double duty by also inspecting our house, which happens every six months. As adoptive parents in Illinois, our house is required to be a licensed foster home. When the entire adoption process is finished, we can drop the license after another year or two.The inspection involves only a few things. She checks that all our smoke detectors work properly, one on each floor. She also measures the temperature of our tap water, which should be approximately 115 degrees Fahrenheit. In general, the house must be safe for children. For example, she commented one time that we needed to move some boxes in the upstairs hall because they might block the children's exit if we had a fire.
On our first inspection or two, I spent the better part of the day cleaning. Now, I'm lucky to just put new batteries in the smoke detectors. Fortunately, the amount of everyday clutter isn't part of the inspection. My counselor has told me to lower my housekeeping standards--well, they are definitely relaxing!
posted by Stahlkes @ 9:55 AM
1 Comments:
Glorious blog and a glorious article in the Lutheran Witness! I am delighted to have heard your story and that it has been written up in order to encourage not only adoption, but a counter-cultural, larger-sized family, which demonstrates what it is to be truly in favor of the life God gives us!
Blessings on your continued journey, and you will be in our prayers.
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