Home Study Concerns

We got a copy of our home study in the mail a few days ago. It's a copy of the final draft that was submitted to ICAB. When I read it my heart sank. There are quite a number of inaccuracies in it. Some minor like our heights (why that's important I have no idea) and what kind of group we co-led in Seattle (youth group vs. home group). Other mistakes are just frustrating and show a lack of attention such as my name being spelled wrong throughout the entire document - especially after we were warned to make sure everything we submitted had the spellings of names consistent as that is a common mistake that delays the process. Other puzzling errors such as:

• Andrey did an internship that exposed him to advocacy of a nutrition and feeding program
• Andrey had a difficult adjustment to life overseas and I helped him through it
  
• Andrey and I each had a girlfriend and boyfriend respectively in the 4 years prior to our dating. When I broke it off with my boyfriend, Andrey was my confidante. The truth is that neither of us dated anyone during that time period.
  
• When I found out I had cancer at the age of 19, I just knew I was going to die (the exact opposite is true as I had a strong sense that I wasn't going to die)
• The reasons why we decided not to pursue fertility treatments are totally not true, i.e. we decided it was too financially and emotionally draining (as if international adoption isn't financially and emotionally draining!). No. We prayed about it and in agreement decided we didn't feel peace about moving in that direction. For us, trusting God in this instance meant pursuing adoption.
• We are open to a parental background that included drug and alcohol abuse but only if NOT prior to pregnancy. That doesn't even make sense. We specifically said that we'd be open to considering a child whose parents have a history of drug or alcohol abuse but not if the abuse was extensive or if the abuse was during pregnancy. I'm sure this is just a typo but it should have been caught.

There are more but these are the ones that really disturb me. I feel we have been misrepresented and that our home study, which is the only thing the adoption board and children's homes around the country will have to go by in determining whether we are a good match for the kids in their custody, was just thrown together and approved without it really being looked at. I don't feel like it really portrays who we are. I don't feel it is true to us. Maybe I am overreacting but after you divulge all the details of your life honestly and vulnerably, the least you expect is for that information to be relayed accurately. I feel quite upset and frustrated. I emailed our adoption agency today about it. I'm not sure what if anything can be done since the report has already been submitted but I felt they needed to know anyway.

I know God is bigger than all of this and I still really do believe he is guiding this whole process (otherwise I would really be worried) but that doesn't change me expecting a certain level of professionalism and attention to detail regarding our personal lives. There are details that could have simply been explained or clarified via a simple phone call or email. Is it true that this process is designed in such a way that we don't even get a chance to read what is written about us before it is sent out?