This is a little update to where we are in our journey to adopt again. At this point we do have an updated home study, which is a huge time consuming step. You really cannot get anywhere until you have this.
We will be adopting here in the United States again, and so our first step is to reach $2,500.00 so we can apply with a Consultant. We went through a consultant agency last time and it is well worth the funds for so many reasons. I will write on that at a later time.
Our first kick off fund raiser was held about a month and a half ago and we were blessed with $300.00!
So we now are praying and waiting on how God will fund the next $2,200.00 so we can apply with our Consultant. Once applied we can work on our profile books and then start reaching out to birth families. So exciting!
Would you please pray for guidance, funding, and God's will and timing?
This is our fourth adoption, but we never go into it lightly, or without knowing the hard times we will face, but also the explicit joy in allowing God to continue to write our story as we follow his will.
To explain a little further, here is an exert from the book called, The Spirit of Adoption, by Randy and Kelsey Bohlender. I love the truth this book speaks and how they have penned the heart of adoption.
"Adoption is not a spur of the moment decision. Neither is it a haphazard, emotional commitment that a person makes because they want to do something good for someone else. It is a conscious decision to limit one's own options, pleasures, and even potential for the sake of extending the story of God to children who, without a link to you, may never discover their link to God."
Thank you for praying and going along with us on this next journey.
Blessings
