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Our Financial Goal:
Adoption Fee $7559.80 Due at time of Placement
Monday, November 15, 2010
Pampered Chef Adoption Fundraiser!!!
Our Financial Goal:
Adoption Fee $7559.80 Due at time of Placement
Thursday, November 11, 2010
God Is So Good!
Well, the last two days were a whirlwind. We had to drive to Phoenix with three sick kids which was so sad. Since Sharon's call on Monday asking us to meet with them about finances we have been praying and reflecting on God's provision and goodness to us. We had an intense few days where we knew God is faithful and that He has been confirming each step as we take it in this process and yet we knew other people were making the decisions. On one hand we know God can override the agency but on the other hand even if we are obedient we know that He also may have other things He is doing in this adoption that we may not see. Tuesday morning I woke up with a peace that could only be from God-I felt the emotions and concerns of all that could happen if the agency said they could not certify us but I knew that we have been seeking the Lord in every move in this adoption and that despite everything He would be faithful. I stopped praying that the adoption would move forward and started praying that He would be magnified, that we would be a testimony for His activity in our lives and the amazing ways in which He had provided for us as a family.
Here is how the next two days played out.
Tuesday morning I usually have Play Group at the church with a bunch of moms and kiddos but we found out Monday that the parking lots were both being paved so we had to move it to our home. In the middle of the night Monday all tree girls woke up with pretty high fevers and I was up almost all night doing meds and baths. Tuesday morning our vacuum stopped working as I was cleaning, our iron broke as I was getting Aaron's clothes ready and our kitchen sink faucet broke and the RO waterline sprung an impressive leak. I stood over the sink and just cried out to God. My kids probably would have been a bit concerned had they walked in on me but I just asked Him take this day and be glorified in it. That He would somehow redeem it and whether or not the house got done or my kids were sick or we didn't get to adopt through the agency-that I would submit and that He would be clearly seen in us and in our responses that day. I grabbed mail before we left for Phoenix to find one letter. Apparently as of December 30th Kate will no longer qualify for our insurance-so now we will have two children who are uninsured! We got on the road right on time, thank the Lord, and Levi slept the entire drive (which limits the number of potty stops). Then Tuesday night our amazing babysitter in Phoenix, Madi, rode her bike to meet us at the guest house so that we could get into town and literally drop the kids off and head to the agency. We had no idea what the meeting would be like but it we just continued to pray that we could share testimonies of what God has done in our lives and how faithful He has been. We were so encouraged. We sat down and went over our budget and were able to share how we filled out the budget according to their specifications for 6 months but that in 6 months we don't spend in all the areas they outlined. We shared how God has been leading us and how at the beginning of this process we didn't even have money for the application fee yet he has provided for every step right on time. Erika and Sharon both understood where we were coming from as far as how carefully we spend and how ministry budgets seldom make sense on paper. They do want us to find alternative insurance because ours is subject to our income and can drop if we get any kind of raise but we need to find that anyway now that Kate and Madi have been disqualified. Before we left they prayed with us and we felt so blessed to be a part of this agency and their ministry. They do share our philosophy on family and ministry and it was such a relief to hear that. After our meeting I thought back on the day and how it started with so many complications. I kept thinking about how easily we could have allowed Satan a foothold in our thinking or the way we responded to the blips in the road but how God so beautifully showed us His gentle hand working so fervently in one day. The house got clean and I was actually able to sit down before the mommies started arriving. The vacuum got somewhat fixed and I was able to get most of the areas vacuumed. The RO guy happened to be in our neighborhood and was able to replace both the pressure gauge and RO line under the sink before we left for Phoenix. Our landlord happened to be home and was able to come by and replace our faucet and fix our front door knob. The girls had a date sequestered in my bedroom watching Netflix with hot chocolate during play group so they wouldn't infect the other kids. We were able to express our hearts at the meeting without being defensive or offensive. We have found some great options for insurance if God will work out the details. He truly is a faithful God.
I think this week has been a good reminder that God can be clearly seen in the little thing that happen in our day. He is not off waiting for us to call for help He wants to be and is actively involved in the details. He is right beside us wanting to guide each step, each attitude, each response-if we will submit.
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Here is how the next two days played out.
Tuesday morning I usually have Play Group at the church with a bunch of moms and kiddos but we found out Monday that the parking lots were both being paved so we had to move it to our home. In the middle of the night Monday all tree girls woke up with pretty high fevers and I was up almost all night doing meds and baths. Tuesday morning our vacuum stopped working as I was cleaning, our iron broke as I was getting Aaron's clothes ready and our kitchen sink faucet broke and the RO waterline sprung an impressive leak. I stood over the sink and just cried out to God. My kids probably would have been a bit concerned had they walked in on me but I just asked Him take this day and be glorified in it. That He would somehow redeem it and whether or not the house got done or my kids were sick or we didn't get to adopt through the agency-that I would submit and that He would be clearly seen in us and in our responses that day. I grabbed mail before we left for Phoenix to find one letter. Apparently as of December 30th Kate will no longer qualify for our insurance-so now we will have two children who are uninsured! We got on the road right on time, thank the Lord, and Levi slept the entire drive (which limits the number of potty stops). Then Tuesday night our amazing babysitter in Phoenix, Madi, rode her bike to meet us at the guest house so that we could get into town and literally drop the kids off and head to the agency. We had no idea what the meeting would be like but it we just continued to pray that we could share testimonies of what God has done in our lives and how faithful He has been. We were so encouraged. We sat down and went over our budget and were able to share how we filled out the budget according to their specifications for 6 months but that in 6 months we don't spend in all the areas they outlined. We shared how God has been leading us and how at the beginning of this process we didn't even have money for the application fee yet he has provided for every step right on time. Erika and Sharon both understood where we were coming from as far as how carefully we spend and how ministry budgets seldom make sense on paper. They do want us to find alternative insurance because ours is subject to our income and can drop if we get any kind of raise but we need to find that anyway now that Kate and Madi have been disqualified. Before we left they prayed with us and we felt so blessed to be a part of this agency and their ministry. They do share our philosophy on family and ministry and it was such a relief to hear that. After our meeting I thought back on the day and how it started with so many complications. I kept thinking about how easily we could have allowed Satan a foothold in our thinking or the way we responded to the blips in the road but how God so beautifully showed us His gentle hand working so fervently in one day. The house got clean and I was actually able to sit down before the mommies started arriving. The vacuum got somewhat fixed and I was able to get most of the areas vacuumed. The RO guy happened to be in our neighborhood and was able to replace both the pressure gauge and RO line under the sink before we left for Phoenix. Our landlord happened to be home and was able to come by and replace our faucet and fix our front door knob. The girls had a date sequestered in my bedroom watching Netflix with hot chocolate during play group so they wouldn't infect the other kids. We were able to express our hearts at the meeting without being defensive or offensive. We have found some great options for insurance if God will work out the details. He truly is a faithful God.
I think this week has been a good reminder that God can be clearly seen in the little thing that happen in our day. He is not off waiting for us to call for help He wants to be and is actively involved in the details. He is right beside us wanting to guide each step, each attitude, each response-if we will submit.
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Monday, November 8, 2010
God is Still Faithful
Please be praying for us tomorrow. We have a meeting with Sharon (our worker) and Erica. We know God has been providing each step of the way but we are on a pastor's salary and they have concerns about our tight budget. We have lived on a ministry salary for most of our marriage and have everything we need to be prepared for a baby. God has always provided in every situation and we know he will continue to take care of our family but the agency is looking at us on paper and we have to in a sense defend ourselves tomorrow financially. We know God has a plan and is faithful but it's upsetting. Please don't mention it tomorrow at class as Erica is teaching and it would just be awkward but please do pray that they would see our preparedness and our hearts for the Lord and for this baby.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
So Little Time
Wow, I have hardly had a minute to sit down and write. We have been so busy lately. Our adoption classes started in Phoenix 3 weeks ago and we are learning an immense amount each class. We have been very blessed to stay in a beautiful guest house just minutes from the agency. Sarah and her family have welcomed us with love into their home and we have just been blown away by their generosity. She arranged for our babysitters each week and even our dinner the first week when we were parked on the freeway in the biggest storm of the year! God has so carefully orchestrated each step of this process it has just been miracle after miracle for His glory. I cannot wait to look back on this experience when we have our little one nestled in our arms and whisper all the grand and small things the Lord has done to bring us together in that little ear. We do serve a mighty God.
I just want to encourage anyone reading this who might have felt the tug of adoption on their heart but thought it an impossibility financially-God is the ultimate provider. We can see how he has provided from the very start. Just today Aaron and I were talking about how we can't figure out where all the money is going in our checking account when we haven't been spending any extra. We realized that we are spending almost $200 a week on gas and food to get to Phoenix and back each Tues. We received a generous gift unexpectedly a few weeks ago and that has enabled us to meet those expenses. This week we got a call from the pregnancy center in town. One of the home school moms in our group is friends with the director of the center. They held their annual garage sale this weekend to raise money for the center and were wondering if we would want the left overs for our own garage sale to raise money for our adoption costs. YES!!! We showed up expecting to get a van full (she said their was a lot) and left 3 FULL van loads later. Now that garage I had worked so hard to get emptied out and organized after our move is full once again. This coming weekend we are going to have our garage sale. I have been sorting baby clothes for two days and have at least 2 garbage bags left of just baby clothes to sort by size. Then on to the bags and bags of men's and women's clothes-that's just the clothes! What a huge blessing. Any money from this garage sale is strictly profit as everything was donated. God is so good.
We did FINALLY get all our paperwork turned in at last weeks class and have been told by our references they were already sent forms to fill out. By the end of this process the agency is going to know us INTIMATELY. We are really under a microscope for this home study. I am glad to see how carefully check the homes and families they place babies with. I do have a feeling if every parent had to go through this to have a child there would be a lot more responsible parents out there.
We also have our final fee agreement signed which means we know how much more we need to raise to finalize our adoption. Drum roll please.....$8000.00! So needless to say we are very excited and are waiting expectantly yet not idly to see how the Lord will provide. We are active looking for creative ways to earn and raise these funds. The garage sale will help but we are also going to be doing a t-shirt fundraiser (I will post more later on that) and we sent out our first of many adoption grant applications. This was the only one that did not require the home study to be complete-just in process. So we should hear in 6-8 weeks. As soon as we have our home study in hand we can send off more applications. Any suggestions for other fund raisers are welcomed.
We are getting so excited. We have been told that the time for the home study to be completed and certified through the courts can be 90 days however friends of our who are with the same agency and worker said it can be even sooner than that. We do not have to be certified to accept a placement we just have to have our report written by our adoption worker, Sharon, and then she has to present us to the agency's board. If they accept us we will officially be able to accept a baby. For our friends this only took about 2-3 weeks! We do have to have the money available at the time of placement and the birth mom does have to choose our family so their are still a lot of variables but we want to be ready so we are working diligently to save our pennies and work our hardest to raise these funds.
Also, although we are not currently sending out support letters we are accepting donations through paypal. There is a "Donate" link on the right had side of this page if God has laid it on your heart to help us financially with this need. Even if you cannot donate funds please do join us in prayer. We have so much ahead of us emotionally and know that this is going to be a trying process in many ways. Here are some specific ways you can pray:
1. Pray for the health and safety of the birth mom and baby (yes, she could be carrying that baby right now!)
2. Pray that God will be preparing us for a future relationship with the birth family and that He might use this experience and our family to dray them into a relationship with Him.
3. Please pray for guidance and discernment for us as we have decisions ahead of us that will affect our little family for the rest of our lives.
4. Pray that God above all would be glorified in this process. That despite any hiccups along the way in OUR plans we would see His greater plan and give Him glory.
5. Pray for our financial needs. $8000.00 is a lot of money for us and though this fee is much less than other agencies it is beyond our means to supply on our own. We know that God will be the one who does it.
6. Praise our Lord with us. He has provided so much so far. He has shown us how He gave our family gifts of creativity and has helped us to live frugally and has used those gifts to provide for our adoption expenses. We are blown away at how quickly the funds have come in up to this point. We are excited because since we cannot just write a check for our fees from our own resources we KNOW He will be the one to provide. We are totally dependent on Him-which I think is right where we are supposed to be.
7. Lastly, please pray for the birth mom who is faced with a very tough decision. Please pray for strength for her and for support from family and friends. Our agency works very hard to prepare these moms for the choices they make and does follow up with them as they grieve also. Please pray for God's hands to embrace her and uplift her as she makes this most generous decision.
I am amazed at how much you can love someone you have never met. I am grateful for the time I spent at Life Light Pregnancy Help Center before we move out here to Havasu. I think the training I received there really prepared me to understand where the birth mom is coming from and have a compassion for her I might not otherwise have. She is giving us the greatest gift any person ever could. I absolutely cannot imagine making the choice she will but I am so grateful and I love her so much for that. This little baby that God knows already even though we don't is going to be one loved child. I almost feel bad for it. All three girls are beyond excited to help take care of it and Levi has the crib in his room and tells us this is where the baby will sleep. When we asked him what kind of baby he wanted (gender and race) he replied I want a purple brother or sister. Hmmm...that may be a tall order to fill.
"Praise be to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ." I have always loved that greeting in scripture. There is no one who understands the giving of their child in love than our Father in heaven so with all that we are we praise His name!
Our Financial Goal:
Adoption Fee $7679.80 Due at time of Placement
I just want to encourage anyone reading this who might have felt the tug of adoption on their heart but thought it an impossibility financially-God is the ultimate provider. We can see how he has provided from the very start. Just today Aaron and I were talking about how we can't figure out where all the money is going in our checking account when we haven't been spending any extra. We realized that we are spending almost $200 a week on gas and food to get to Phoenix and back each Tues. We received a generous gift unexpectedly a few weeks ago and that has enabled us to meet those expenses. This week we got a call from the pregnancy center in town. One of the home school moms in our group is friends with the director of the center. They held their annual garage sale this weekend to raise money for the center and were wondering if we would want the left overs for our own garage sale to raise money for our adoption costs. YES!!! We showed up expecting to get a van full (she said their was a lot) and left 3 FULL van loads later. Now that garage I had worked so hard to get emptied out and organized after our move is full once again. This coming weekend we are going to have our garage sale. I have been sorting baby clothes for two days and have at least 2 garbage bags left of just baby clothes to sort by size. Then on to the bags and bags of men's and women's clothes-that's just the clothes! What a huge blessing. Any money from this garage sale is strictly profit as everything was donated. God is so good.
We did FINALLY get all our paperwork turned in at last weeks class and have been told by our references they were already sent forms to fill out. By the end of this process the agency is going to know us INTIMATELY. We are really under a microscope for this home study. I am glad to see how carefully check the homes and families they place babies with. I do have a feeling if every parent had to go through this to have a child there would be a lot more responsible parents out there.
We also have our final fee agreement signed which means we know how much more we need to raise to finalize our adoption. Drum roll please.....$8000.00! So needless to say we are very excited and are waiting expectantly yet not idly to see how the Lord will provide. We are active looking for creative ways to earn and raise these funds. The garage sale will help but we are also going to be doing a t-shirt fundraiser (I will post more later on that) and we sent out our first of many adoption grant applications. This was the only one that did not require the home study to be complete-just in process. So we should hear in 6-8 weeks. As soon as we have our home study in hand we can send off more applications. Any suggestions for other fund raisers are welcomed.
We are getting so excited. We have been told that the time for the home study to be completed and certified through the courts can be 90 days however friends of our who are with the same agency and worker said it can be even sooner than that. We do not have to be certified to accept a placement we just have to have our report written by our adoption worker, Sharon, and then she has to present us to the agency's board. If they accept us we will officially be able to accept a baby. For our friends this only took about 2-3 weeks! We do have to have the money available at the time of placement and the birth mom does have to choose our family so their are still a lot of variables but we want to be ready so we are working diligently to save our pennies and work our hardest to raise these funds.
Also, although we are not currently sending out support letters we are accepting donations through paypal. There is a "Donate" link on the right had side of this page if God has laid it on your heart to help us financially with this need. Even if you cannot donate funds please do join us in prayer. We have so much ahead of us emotionally and know that this is going to be a trying process in many ways. Here are some specific ways you can pray:
1. Pray for the health and safety of the birth mom and baby (yes, she could be carrying that baby right now!)
2. Pray that God will be preparing us for a future relationship with the birth family and that He might use this experience and our family to dray them into a relationship with Him.
3. Please pray for guidance and discernment for us as we have decisions ahead of us that will affect our little family for the rest of our lives.
4. Pray that God above all would be glorified in this process. That despite any hiccups along the way in OUR plans we would see His greater plan and give Him glory.
5. Pray for our financial needs. $8000.00 is a lot of money for us and though this fee is much less than other agencies it is beyond our means to supply on our own. We know that God will be the one who does it.
6. Praise our Lord with us. He has provided so much so far. He has shown us how He gave our family gifts of creativity and has helped us to live frugally and has used those gifts to provide for our adoption expenses. We are blown away at how quickly the funds have come in up to this point. We are excited because since we cannot just write a check for our fees from our own resources we KNOW He will be the one to provide. We are totally dependent on Him-which I think is right where we are supposed to be.
7. Lastly, please pray for the birth mom who is faced with a very tough decision. Please pray for strength for her and for support from family and friends. Our agency works very hard to prepare these moms for the choices they make and does follow up with them as they grieve also. Please pray for God's hands to embrace her and uplift her as she makes this most generous decision.
I am amazed at how much you can love someone you have never met. I am grateful for the time I spent at Life Light Pregnancy Help Center before we move out here to Havasu. I think the training I received there really prepared me to understand where the birth mom is coming from and have a compassion for her I might not otherwise have. She is giving us the greatest gift any person ever could. I absolutely cannot imagine making the choice she will but I am so grateful and I love her so much for that. This little baby that God knows already even though we don't is going to be one loved child. I almost feel bad for it. All three girls are beyond excited to help take care of it and Levi has the crib in his room and tells us this is where the baby will sleep. When we asked him what kind of baby he wanted (gender and race) he replied I want a purple brother or sister. Hmmm...that may be a tall order to fill.
"Praise be to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ." I have always loved that greeting in scripture. There is no one who understands the giving of their child in love than our Father in heaven so with all that we are we praise His name!
Our Financial Goal:
Adoption Fee $7679.80 Due at time of Placement
Monday, October 4, 2010
The Big Move
Well we have had a crazy couple of weeks. In the last few days we moved to our new home and we are loving it. It took some work but now everything is great. We have amazing landlords who re-carpeted for us and dealt with some major issues involving the last tenants pets. It was a stressful couple of days but we are grateful for a faithful Father and for christian landlords.
Tomorrow is the big day, well one of many "big days" ahead. We are driving down to Phoenix for our first adoption class and after having to put our home study on hold for the move we are turning in our packet! We are so excited. For a long time this adoption has been distant and tomorrow after meeting the other couples in our class I think it is going to feel very real. We met some dear people about a week ago who are also adopting through our agency. We spent a day visiting with them and they were generous enough to help us pack and move. What a blessing. They are a few months ahead of us and are waiting for their phone call to say there is a baby for them.
I get the feeling I am repeating info from previous posts. Guess it's not a good idea to blog after a long break without re-reading previous posts. Too tired right now so sorry if this is redundant.
We will update later in the week on our class and our progress with the home study.
Current prayer requests:
1. For the health and safety of our birth mom and baby whoever and wherever they are.
2. For our car to make a successful trip to Phoenix and back tomorrow. It really needs a tune up and is having some issues.
3. For endurance for Aaron and I as we are exhausted already from this week.
4. For the kids to have a fun "adventure" on our trip tomorrow and to hit it off with the sitter in Phoenix. We will be driving 8 hours round trip.
Tomorrow is the big day, well one of many "big days" ahead. We are driving down to Phoenix for our first adoption class and after having to put our home study on hold for the move we are turning in our packet! We are so excited. For a long time this adoption has been distant and tomorrow after meeting the other couples in our class I think it is going to feel very real. We met some dear people about a week ago who are also adopting through our agency. We spent a day visiting with them and they were generous enough to help us pack and move. What a blessing. They are a few months ahead of us and are waiting for their phone call to say there is a baby for them.
I get the feeling I am repeating info from previous posts. Guess it's not a good idea to blog after a long break without re-reading previous posts. Too tired right now so sorry if this is redundant.
We will update later in the week on our class and our progress with the home study.
Current prayer requests:
1. For the health and safety of our birth mom and baby whoever and wherever they are.
2. For our car to make a successful trip to Phoenix and back tomorrow. It really needs a tune up and is having some issues.
3. For endurance for Aaron and I as we are exhausted already from this week.
4. For the kids to have a fun "adventure" on our trip tomorrow and to hit it off with the sitter in Phoenix. We will be driving 8 hours round trip.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
So about a week and a half ago we had a garage sale to earn money for our adoption. I think Aaron was surprised how much we had that we could get rid of. It was nice to sort through things and keep what we need or use and get rid of what we don't. I love decluttering! When we started the garage sale we still needed $607.00 for our home study. After two days of the garage sale we were down to only needing $393.00. One family came and bought our old queen headboard, an entertainment cabinet and one other large piece of furniture. Aaron had his car parked in front of my van on the side of the house. I mean it was obvious it was not part of the sale. This family wandered over there and started looking at his Honda. We had been tossing around the idea of selling it because we had been sharing the van for the past few months. Aaron has a motorcycle that he can take to work on the days he doesn't take Abbi and Levi with him to preschool. The Honda was on a spare and we were waiting to do both back tires at the same time. It had a ton of miles on it and was in need of some repairs but it was still running well. The dad asked me if we would sell it to him. After a few days of praying and evaluating we sold him the Honda and now have enough money to submit our home study paperwork as well as our match letter when we complete it. It was so neat how God provided the opportunity and the right buyer for the car at just the right time. It was not at all what we had planned on but I think God had been showing us over the past few months how we can scale back in many ways one of which was sharing the van. Our town is small enough that nothing is too far and Aaron's schedule allows me to be able to run errands in the afternoon if need be. What a great blessing.
We just had a lovely visit with my parents for the last week and are now getting in gear for the move NEXT FRIDAY!!!! Our first adoption class in Phoenix is the following Tuesday. We could use prayer for peace and time management and smooth transitions. Life in this family is never dull and life in the family of God is thrilling! We are enjoying the journey knowing that God is the one who sustains and provides. God bless you as you follow Him on the journey He lays before you!
Our Next Few Goals:
Send in our home study paperwork (we are waiting to hear from our worker on whether or not we need to change our addresses and redo our finger print cards due to our upcoming move)
October 1-move into new house
October 5-Adoption class in Phoenix
Complete home study interviews and inspection, Sharon completes our report, submits it to the court and presents us to the agency for acceptance into the infant adoption program
Send out our grant applications
At placement of baby in our home-adoption fee due
We just had a lovely visit with my parents for the last week and are now getting in gear for the move NEXT FRIDAY!!!! Our first adoption class in Phoenix is the following Tuesday. We could use prayer for peace and time management and smooth transitions. Life in this family is never dull and life in the family of God is thrilling! We are enjoying the journey knowing that God is the one who sustains and provides. God bless you as you follow Him on the journey He lays before you!
Our Next Few Goals:
Send in our home study paperwork (we are waiting to hear from our worker on whether or not we need to change our addresses and redo our finger print cards due to our upcoming move)
October 1-move into new house
October 5-Adoption class in Phoenix
Complete home study interviews and inspection, Sharon completes our report, submits it to the court and presents us to the agency for acceptance into the infant adoption program
Send out our grant applications
At placement of baby in our home-adoption fee due
Monday, September 13, 2010
We Are So Excited!!!
We are Sooo excited. Today we got not only the rest of our home study fee but also our Matchbook fee so as soon as our home study report is certified we can submit our "Dear Birth Mom Letter" and be looked at by birth parents! God is so incredibly amazing! He has blessed us beyond what we could have asked or imagined!
I will right more later but it is late and I am exhausted!
Here are our first few financial hurdles:
Description Goal Date Status
1.$50 Application Fee & App Mailed July 16, 2010 Completed!!!
2.$300 Adoption Class Fee Sept. 15, 2010 Completed!!!
3. $1200 Home Study Fee Oct. 5, 2010 Completed!!!
4. $1000 Matchbook Fee Nov. 1 2010 Completed!!!
(This is where we write a letter/family profile or scrapbook that will then be shown to birth moms)
I will right more later but it is late and I am exhausted!
Here are our first few financial hurdles:
Description Goal Date Status
1.
2.
3.
4.
(This is where we write a letter/family profile or scrapbook that will then be shown to birth moms)
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