It never hurts to follow up, right?

Today I decided to be impatient and sent some follow up emails regarding the inquiry on the girl in Iowa.  I heard back almost immediately - from a Lutheran organization (!) - with contact information for the child's caseworker.  So I emailed that person.  I received an out-of-office auto-response, so I probably won't hear anything again this week, but that was at least a step in a direction of some sort.

I also logged back in to the national website and discovered I had a message regarding the inquiry I made about the siblings in Missouri.  It said to contact such-and-such person directly, so I did.  That message was posted Monday and their status also changed on Monday to being on hold for their caseworker to review home studies.  I don't know what that means except that their caseworker is probably very, very busy, so I doubt I'll hear anything there, either.

Meanwhile, I submitted an inquiry regarding a young teen girl in Colorado and added a couple other kids to my "favorites" list for me to think about and go back and look at again later to decide if I want to submit an inquiry there, too.  We'll see.  I also tweaked my "story" on my profile while I was on the website and uploaded a photo of Samson and myself.  I figure if it's supposed to be a family picture, it should include Samson.

Meanwhile, I received the invitation for the informal meet/greet thing to happen in October (see the first post about the foster/adopt business).  It's a Saturday afternoon in Omaha for just a couple hours.

God willing I hear back from those follow up emails sooner than I expect.  I like having something to share instead of answering "have you heard anything" with yet another "no."