Why India?
When we started looking into countries there were a few things we were looking for:
India hit these. Plus, during our time at UT Tyler, we became friends with many grad students from India who we grew to love dearly. Through our friendships with them, a country that was mostly unknown to us, became a country and a people who had a special place in our hearts.
As we continued to look at countries, India kept coming back to the top of the list. It seemed to fit our needs the best and there's a fairly large Indian community both in Tyler and the surrounding cities.
Costs
International adoption is expensive in so many ways. It's costly of our time and our emotions. And it's monetarily expensive. We've had some money saved toward our adoption and continue to put money away each month to continue funding it, will be applying for adoption grants, but we still need help.
Here's a general breakdown of costs:
What's Next?
We've accepted a referral for our son and are currently waiting for our paperwork to be apostilled by the state of Texas before sending it all onto our agency.
We will spend about 2 weeks in country when we get to go pick up our son and bring him home.
The adoption paperwork/duties don't end once we finalize the adoption in the states. We'll also have 5 post-adoption reports due through our social worker.
They say raising children takes a village, and it's true. Bringing home our son also takes a village and we're thankful for each and every one of you who has taken the time to ask us about how the process is going, all the prayers for the process, preparing our, Fitz's, and our new son's hearts for the transition, and for any giving you do.
