Home Study and Adoption Portfolio

We continue to move forward in the adoption process.  We finished the draft of our adoption portfolio today.  Our agency will review it and recommend any changes that may be needed.  We also now have almost half of the funds needed to get our home study done.  Once our home study is completed, we will be ready to welcome a sweet, little one into our home for good.  It will just be waiting on the baby that God picked out for our family. 

We will continue fundraising after our home study funds are raised because the home study is only a small portion of what we need to raise for the adoption.  The total approximate cost for the adoption is around $18,000.  So we have a long way to go, but we are confident we can get there.

Thank you to those of you who have donated already.  We appreciate it so much!  It is encouraging and exciting!  Our donors are listed on our "Wonderful Donors" Page of this blog.  See the "Pages" link. 

Please pray as we continue to move forward in this process.  We are excited to be where we are.  Claudia is so excited that we have started this process.  She is going through her room and finding toys and other things that she doesn't need or use anymore to donate to our yard sale fundraiser that we hope to do sometime this coming summer.  She loves being Gus' big sister and is excited to be a big sister to another little baby sometime in the near future. 

We have had some financial setbacks in the last month or so (car repairs, home heating repairs, our dog getting hit by a car, unexpected medical bills) that have hindered us being able to pay for the home study ourselves.  We are trusting that the funds will be provided another way and in God's perfect timing.  I have a difficult time trusting God when it comes to finances.  During these last few weeks, I am slowly seeing myself start to give our finances over to our Father and not try to find my security in what we have.  I have a long way to go, but it's encouraging to see a little bit of a heart change for me in this area.  Please pray that I will continue to trust God to provide what we need in every aspect of our lives and for me to be content with what we have and where we are. 

Thank you again for the support we are getting from so many...through words of encouragement, prayer, and financial help.  We really cannot do this without others helping us, encouraging us, and coming alongside us.  That is what is so beautiful about this adoption process ...it's living out the Gospel in a real way.  So thank you! 

If you would like to give towards our adoption, click on the YouCaring link on this blog page.  Thank you again! :)