I think there is so much more to learn from talking with people who have different personal experiences. There are so many things to consider, there is no way perfect for everyone. Sue C has had a great experience with attorney path and so has my sister. I will let SueC tell you about hers. My sister used an attorney who did the search for her and gave some counseling referrals. Many attorneys function almost as full service agencies too. I think DH and I will end up using an attorney in our situation too but the attorney will just file paperwork as we did our own outreach and found this situation ourselves. We started with an agency which was a pay-as-you-go a la carte pricing, so ultimately if all goes well with this match the agency will have been used just to complete our home study (and of course we did pay to be included in their pool but that didn't bring us any leads so we struck out on our own). I am really on the run right now so this is disjointed.
I will try to write a more coherent post later. Also if you want to Email me I would be happy to discuss more details of our situation with you: tony and cynthia B at yahoo dot com
Glad to hear you are inching forward in the process. DH and I inched for a couple of years before we broke into a walk and finally a jog!
