Adoption has been in our hearts for many, many years, and in mid-April of 2023 we sensed the Lord's leading to begin to take steps towards making this a reality for our family. We have completed a thorough application process through Choosing Hope Adoptions and six weeks of in-person training at their location to better equip us as prospective adoptive parents. Soon, we will apply to the state and begin the home study process. The average domestic infant adoption costs about $40,000. With this in mind, we are so excited that you would consider partnering with us financially! We have contributed towards this number to get to this point in the process, and are now seeking your partnership to get the rest of the way there! If you are here, but are unable to partner financially, please pray for us and the prospective birth family. We deeply covet your prayers throughout this process!
Good news! We have received our home study approval and are working on finishing up our profile book, which will be shown to expectant mothers. We are so grateful for your prayers and we continue to covet them during this season.
We have a very brief update today. As of today, we have two more pieces of documentation to submit to our adoption agency. Additionally, we have completed our profile book questionnaire, gotten some family photos taken for it, and we are working on two very important letters that will go inside of our profile book. The profile book is a book that will be shown to expectant mothers as they consider placing their child within our family. We continue to covet your prayers, that the Lord would be working in our family's hearts and in the hearts of the birth family, so that we would be able to have a sweet relationship with each other.
Our second home visit has been completed. Each member of our family spent time talking with our social worker as she sought to get to know us as individuals and as a family. We have been so blessed by her desire to help equip us as a family along our journey to adopt. We have a bit more documentation to complete, gather, and upload into our adoption agency's portal and work to do regarding our profile book. We covet your prayers along the way!
Brief update: Our first home study visit went well. We have completed the safety audit portion of the study and we had our fire inspection completed today. We still have another visit to our home, which will occur in the next month or so for the purpose of getting to know our family better. We also have some other documentation to complete, gather, and upload into our adoption agency's portal. Thank you for your continued prayers!
We have been busy gathering/filling out paperwork and making appointments. We are scheduled to have our first home study visit at the end of the month and would love your prayers as we continue to unpack from our move, while also preparing for our home study. We will also begin working on our profile book in the coming weeks as well!
