Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Getting Closer
Hi, this is Chris. I'm not the writer that Star is but thought that I'd give you guys an update. Star has mentioned our "water issue". The first time that we treated our well, we were careful to follow the instructions exactly as prescribed. So, you can imagine our surprise when the results returned positive. After receiving positive results for the second time, I gave this whole water treatment thing more thought. We had been careful to run water through every inside and outside faucet, showers, tubs, and washing machine. So, what could be the missing link? I finally realized that we have a water source heat pump. The heat pump pulls water from the well and pushes it across the coils to produce heat. The night that we treated our well was a rather brisk night so the heat pump ran all throughout the night. Therefore, all of our bleach ran through our heat pump and was gone by morning. No clean water but our heat pump is now nice and clean. So, off to the store for another jug of bleach. This time though, we outsmarted this whole water treatment process by turning off the heat and spending the night with Nana and Papaw. The kids loved it and, snap, we had clean water. Finally, after 2 1/2 gallons of bleach and three water tests, we received an all clear on our water on the morning of February 7. Just in time for our last home study visit, that night. Isn't it amazing how God's timing is always perfect.
Star and I traveled once again to meet our social worker for our last visit. What a great time. It's been a pleasure working with her. She is every bit as sweet as Star has mentioned. I've really enjoyed the whole home study experience because it causes you to really take a look at your entire life. Every little detail from your physical appearance to your finances to your child rearing philosophy to your testimony to an autobiography of your life to your water. You get the picture. They even want to see your dog's vaccination records. I described the home study to a friend as being similar to walking around naked in public. That's what they want to know, everything! It's been a blast.
This brings us to today. We heard through email that our home study agency now has our FBI clearances. Yes, that's right. All three of our oldest family members passed the clearance. Just doesn't sound right for a redneck family. We are very excited because this means that our home study is near complete. It's only a matter of our social worker putting it all together now. Pray that it will be soon so that we can move on to the next step along our journey. There's a little girl in a land far away who's depending on it!
Star and I traveled once again to meet our social worker for our last visit. What a great time. It's been a pleasure working with her. She is every bit as sweet as Star has mentioned. I've really enjoyed the whole home study experience because it causes you to really take a look at your entire life. Every little detail from your physical appearance to your finances to your child rearing philosophy to your testimony to an autobiography of your life to your water. You get the picture. They even want to see your dog's vaccination records. I described the home study to a friend as being similar to walking around naked in public. That's what they want to know, everything! It's been a blast.
This brings us to today. We heard through email that our home study agency now has our FBI clearances. Yes, that's right. All three of our oldest family members passed the clearance. Just doesn't sound right for a redneck family. We are very excited because this means that our home study is near complete. It's only a matter of our social worker putting it all together now. Pray that it will be soon so that we can move on to the next step along our journey. There's a little girl in a land far away who's depending on it!
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