Now that the holidays are over, we have a lot of exciting adoption updates for you!
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November Adoption Update
It’s been three months since we last updated you on our adoption journey, and I am so excited to share all the ways God has been faithfully providing for and guiding us. I also want to include a few ways you can be praying for us as we continue in the process.
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August Adoption Update
It’s been a little over a month since we announced our plan to adopt (and three months since we began this journey), so I thought I would give you a short update on where we are in the process.
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Dipping our Toes in the Jordan
We were so excited to finally announce last week that we are adopting! But as we begin this journey, we want to be honest about the hard part—the fear of the unknowns. How long will we have to wait? What will our relationship with the birth mother be like? Will we have a failed match? And one of the biggest questions looming our heads—how will we pay for this?
I’m not going to sugar coat it. This is an expensive process; less expensive than some adoption processes and more expensive than others. But as we prayed about whether this was God’s will for us to start the process, finances were our biggest obstacle. When we find out a mother has chosen us to love her child, will we have enough money to finalize the placement?
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We’re Adopting!
It seems surreal to type those words: we’re adopting! It’s a desire that my husband, Joseph, and I have had for so long, and we know that this is just the beginning of a long journey. Even as I type this post, I am completely humbled and amazed at the working of God to bring us to this place, and it is His past faithfulness that sustains us as we patiently wait for the moment we get to hold our baby in our arms.
But I know that many of you reading our announcement have lots of questions. Why are you adopting? What does the process look like? How can we help? And so many more. To give you a few of the pertinent details: we are adopting domestically (within the United States) through Lifeline Children’s Services based here in Birmingham, Alabama. We are in the middle of the home study process, and we are told we will have to wait 2-4 years before we will be matched with a mother who wants to make an adoption plan. The adoption will cost around $32,000, and we are fundraising and hoping to apply for adoption grants as well.
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