Aaron & Elizabeth Shakal

They’re waiting!

Our adoption process led us to a group of 3 siblings in Bulgaria needing a forever home. A girl 11 years old, another girl 9 years old, and a boy 6 years old, they were taken out of a bad situation and need to be adopted. After talking about it, we put in an application to adopt all three. We want them to be able to stay together in a safe place.

Help us bring them home. The cost is far more than when we were looking at adopting one child, and still so worth it. The cost to adopt three is now $52,000. We are trying to raise at least $30,000 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to help with the fees and the travel to bring them home. The sooner we can raise the fees, the sooner we will be able to set a date to travel.

When we met with our case worker and she introduced us to three waiting children, siblings that need a home, it was not something we were expecting. We thought we were just going to talk about the next piece of paper we needed to fill out. There’s so much paperwork. Instead we saw pictures and heard a part of their story. So, we asked for their information so we could talk and pray.

There are always things you envision when preparing to adopt - how young you are looking for, how many you are planning for, boy or girl, etc. But when we started reading their story, all that faded into the background. We want to love them, care for them, protect them, and be with them. We want to enjoy music with them, or play board games with them. We want to give them a place where they can stay together, and where they can also connect with parents who will love them and protect them. We want to talk about princesses or super heroes, and read them stories. We want to share their interests, and introduce them to our interests and fun. We want to do it together. We want to serve together, learn together, and grow together.

We want to show a patient love that will give these a safe place and a warm place to grow. We wish they were already here and with us in their forever home.

Please pray for us as we go through the process to adopt these three. Please donate to help us bring them home. Please help us share as much as you can to get the word out to everyone. They are waiting. Let’s shorten how long they must wait as much as we can, and give them a home together with us.