We are so excited to finally be able to announce that we are in the process of adopting a child!
It has been a long road to get to this point, but we cannot wait to bring another child into our family.
It may surprise you to learn that adoption expenses often exceed $40,000. This is why we have set a fundraising goal of $10,000 to help with the costs of our adoption.
Asking for donations is hard for us, but if you are willing and able to contribute, please know we are forever grateful. You will always be a huge part of our family's life.
Thank you for helping our little family become just a bit bigger. We cannot wait to meet the newest member of our family.
We had our first big fundraiser this weekend - a huge garage sale. We had so many friends and family donate items and time! It was amazing. We raised over $1500 that will go toward our adoption agency fees. We are so grateful to everyone for their continued support!
Hi everyone,
We want to take a minute to give a quick shout out to everyone who has donated so far. THANK YOU!! We are so appreciative of your commitment to help our family grow.
Right now, we are steadily plowing through the initial paperwork phase. We had our first phone call with the Bulgaria specialist from our agency on Monday. We are so excited to connect with her and keep moving forward. We're in the beginning stages of working with our home study agency on completing those requirements, and we are 2 classes away from finishing our initial 18 hours of required courses!
On top of all of that, we are about to host our first major fundraiser: a HUGE garage sale! We have had so many people donate items for our sale, that our entire garage is packed! And we still have more donations coming! This weekend we will be having the garage sale and hope to be able to add more to our fundraising account on top of the amazing donations here.
Thank you again to everyone who is following our family's journey. We could not do it without you!
Joy, Sammy, and Leila
Thank you again to everyone who has donated so far!
Just a quick update at where we're at in the process:
- We've contracted with our agency
- We've completed the home study agency application
- We're working through our pre-adoption training videos
- We're working on continuing fundraising opportunities
As we get further into the adoption process, the costs keep coming. If you are willing and able, please consider donating to our adoption fund. If you aren't able to donate, please share our story! Every little bit counts!
We love you!
-Joy and Sammy
Hi everyone,
Thank you to everyone who has so generously donated already! We could not be more grateful.
We've also decided to share our journey! Check out our youtube channel or tiktok @joydelossantos128
We're not professional videographers by any means, but we'll do our best to keep everyone updated!
We love you all!!
