Preferences

So the next step is to select your preferences and write your letter to your birth parents. This can be one of the hardest things because you have to decide what you will and won’t except in a child or their birthparents. This can range from whether you are willing to accept a child who has a heart defect to if you only want a boy. Whatever you choose, make sure you make it a matter of prayer.

The next thing is writing the letter to the birth parents. This is your chance to make a good impression but can also be so difficult because what do you write to a complete stranger and how do you put yourselves in the best light possible. I don’t think there is a real answer to this one because everyone is so unique and the biggest thing is to write from your heart.

The other parts to this section that need to be completed include:

1)      Contact With Parents ( the amount of contact a couple is willing to have with the birth family)

2)      Getting to Know Us (this is answering question about you individually, like what are your movies, color, activities, Etc.)

3)      Photo Album (You get to upload pictures of you and your spouse)

4)      Profile Teaser (a one sentence phrase to get people to look at your profile)

5)      Contact Couple (your preferred contact information)

6)      Other Info About Us

7)      Web Publication Release ( this allows LDSFS to release all this info onto their website)

8)      Preview Profile (this is where you get a chance to preview what information will be going on your profile.)