So it begins…

Hi everyone!  We wanted to share some news with you.  We're adopting again! 

We contacted our case worker about six weeks ago, excited to get started with another adoption only to find out that the fees had nearly doubled since Lincoln’s adoption last year.  The fees have gone up to $21,000 compared to the $13,000 in fees we spent for Lincoln’s adoption.  When we found that out, I pretty much cried for a week straight.  And then one morning I just told myself that God must have something different for our family and I was okay with that, I really was.  I had peace and I didn’t really spend too much time thinking about it after that day.

Then out of the blue two weeks ago, our caseworker contacted me and told me that she had talked to her supervisor and convinced the branch manager, to discount our fees of $3,750 which would bring our fees down to $17,250.  To us that was huge!  We pretty much immediately said “Let’s do this!”  So even though that’s still a lot of money for us we feel like this is God’s will for our family so we’re stepping out in faith.  We’re going to apply for just about every grant we can find but there’s no guarantee we’ll get one or any for that matter, so we’re also going to be doing some fundraising.  If you have any creative ideas for fundraising let us know!

John had that week off right after we found out about the fees and we were able to get all of our paper work and appointments done in just one week!  Usually that takes a couple of months to do, at least!  Plus our case worker case worker got our fingerprint clearance back unusually fast and I was able to get our profile book done and ordered in record time!  I feel like I can see God’s hand moving things along so smoothly for us.  Makes me wonder if there’s a baby out there that needs us sooner rather than later, but I don’t want to jinx it! :)  So our home study is almost completed, our case worker has her report written, she’s just waiting on a few of our references (you know who you are:)) and then we’ll go into the waiting pool again! 

We actually heard from our case worker yesterday and there's a baby boy due in June who's birth mother will be looking at our profile book (among several others) on Wednesday! We didn't expect to have our book shown before our home study was (technically) complete but we're excited about the possibility.  So please pray, if you would, for this birth mom on Wednesday. Even if she doesn't choose us she could use our prayers. Also pray for us as we are starting this journey again. It's a little intimidating but we feel confident that God is with us and this is His plan for us. If you have any fundraising ideas or want to donate $17,000, please let me know.

 

Katie