Permission to Adopt

25 -1-2006 I called to hear why it is taking so long for me to get the permission. Found out that they only sent the report this week. So again I lost a whole month. Hoping to get the permission in February 2006.
On the first of February I received the letter to tell me that I am granted permission to adopt a first child of a foreign nationality!

Department of Child and Family Services

On my birthday I finally received a call from a counselor of the Department of Child and Family Services.
He introduced himself and congratulated me with my birthday. We made an appointment for the first session on wednesday the 14th. We had a very good talk on the 14th at my place. He asked a whole lot of questions and even read a sermon I prepared for the latest comunionservice. At the end of the session he already mentioned that it would be a positive answer. As homework for the second session he gave me the following questions:
-motivation of the adoption
-what do you have to offer an adoptionchild
-how to you deal with the background of the adoptionchild
-what are your expectations of the adoptionchild
-how do family and friends think about this issue

That following weekend I made an extended circuleam vitae plus the answers to all the questions he asked. The 19th I had a session in the office of the Department. This went very well aswell. He would try to write the concept-familyreport as soon as possible and would forward that to me to look into. The 3rd of January I received a seven page report. After a few minor changes I phoned the counselor and agreed to the report.

Medical Examination

After receiving the letter of the Children's Welfare Department about the medical examination I made an appointment with an independent doctor for the same day.
He was very nice and everything went well. He didn't even charge me fee. The same day I sent the form to Children's Wellfare.

Informationcourse Adoption

Informationcourse adoption. Starting in May there were 6 days I had to attend the informationcourse. They showed the group video's of orphanages and the group met people who already had adopted and told us about their experiences. There were 7 couples and and I. It was very informative. But it made me more determined to go through with the adoption procedure.

Chronological order

October 2003 - Letter to Justice Department
December 2003 - BKA-number
February 2005 - Invitation informationcourse adoption
Mei-July 2005 - Informationcourse adoption
August 2005 - Medical examination
December 2005 - Conversations Member Department of Child and Family Services
January 2006 - Report Department of Child and Family Services
February 2006 - Permission from Justice Department
March 2006 - Changing agency
May 2006 - Sending Documents to Agency
June 2006 - Documents in Lesotho
Juli 2006 - Letter of Agency
September 2006 - Proposal of daughter