We have some BIG news!
We’re hoping to adopt a sibling group from the Phillipines! We are both excited and nervous for what this process will look like as we know it will involve lots of highs and lows. We are trusting that the Lord will equip us to face whatever lies ahead. Our hope is that we will be able to raise a portion of our adoption fees by utilizing the tax deductible site Adopt Together. We know that each of you have your own financially responsibilities and we recognize and respect that. Our heart is not to make anyone feel obligated or pressured to give in any way. We simply want to invite you to walk alongside us in this journey if it happens to work for you and your family. We believe that it is important for us to be upfront with each of you in regards to how and why we plan to fundraise for our adoption. Our adoption from the Philippines will cost us a minimum of $26,000 for one child and goes up by at least $8,000 for each additional child (not including travel costs). We are personally open to adopting a sibling group of 2-3 kids. Our application has already been approved and our contract has been signed. The next step in our process will involve us paying $7,000 by the end of March. Once we’ve sent the first payment over, we will move into the home study phase of our adoption. We want to reassure you that we as a family are going to be financially invested in this adoption as this is a choice we are making. We want you to know that we will be committing to making sound decisions and finding places in our budget to cut back on in order to cover as much of our adoption as possible. With that said, we also believe it’s important that we are able to find a balance for our three boys to continue living life and make memories with them as we wait to bring our adopted children home. Not only do we appreciate whatever financial gift you are able to give but we greatly welcome your prayers as this will be another transition for our blended family and the kids we welcome into our home. We are so incredibly thankful for the people God has placed in our lives and we hope that by inviting you into this process that you will see yourselves as a part of the community we hope to build around our children as they grow up. Thank you!
