Brad & Joy G.

are adopting 2 children from Georgia

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Adoption Status

Waiting To Be Matched

Adoption Agency

Children's House International


Updates

  • Update 5

    A private group on Facebook

    June 4, 2022

    A lot of these updates would overlap, but if you're interested in joining a private group we established on Facebook, just send us a note, and we will invite or RE-invite* you to that group.

    Sometimes FB group invitations are hard to find, there are so many! *Chances are, we've already tried to add you, but the invitation got buried and expired already. Just let us know.

  • Update 4

    Pets getting adoption education, too!

    June 4, 2022

    We completed some of our prospective adoptive parent training way back in April 2020, but with all the developments that have prolonged our adoption journey these past two years, we find ourselves wrapping up the remaining training hours (finally!) only just this week.

    Our pups have been getting an earful! They're basically auditing the classes; but we don't make them take the quizzes. 🎧🎈🤟🏽

  • Update 3

    "What's next?" you ask....

    May 26, 2022
    Several of you have asked us on our private Facebook group page* or elsewhere what are our next steps now that the in-home / in-person home study visit is behind us. Good question! As our social worker prepares our home study, we are currently gathering a few remaining outstanding documents and wrapping up some tasks. Before the home study document is finalized and approvable, we would have to determine solidly whether we should stick to our current country program (as we'd strongly prefer to do) or switch our focus to another country program in this region. If you're curious about what... Read more
  • Update 2

    In-home / in-person home study visit complete!

    May 18, 2022
    Last night, our social worker finally made it to our home...from Europe via Armenia to us! Although the flight was delayed, we were still able to spend a few hours together getting acquainted and talking about life and family (and, of course, adoption). It was after dark by the time we were able to meet up. I took this photo of our house so the social worker could get a better idea what it looks like in the daylight! (Don't mind that small mountain of construction rubble near the stairs; the man we hired to clean up the debris hasn't... Read more
  • Update 1

    Home study visit, here we come!

    May 2, 2022
    Thanks for your patience! We've had a great experience with our agency and with the cooperative agency that's helping us execute our home study overseas. It's we who have extended our adoption process, partly due to our efforts to buy a house as foreigners. (Cv-19 didn't exactly accelerate our adoption process, either!) Our new-to-us fixer-upper home has now been renovated at least to a "safe and healthy environment" level, and we will be welcoming a US-licensed social worker to inspect our home and interview us in-person on May 17th. We believe we have what we need financially to move forward with... Read more
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  • The Oliver Family gave an undisclosed amount
    Expecting miracles :-)
  • Brett & Kelly gave $3,500
  • MELODY J GEISEMAN gave $100
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
    Ruth 2:12 May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.
  • Loren Deal gave $30
    God loves y’all a lot!! You’ve got this!! 😍
  • Laura Kannon gave an undisclosed amount
    So excited for y'all!!! Will be praying for the rest of the funds to come in soon and also for your precious child. What a blessed home and wonderful parents he or she will have!❤️
  • Kristi Colas gave $375
  • Anonymous gave $1,000
  • Erin Marsolf gave $2,000
  • Michael and Michelle O'Dwyer gave $100