John & Sorhaya Vanderlinde

are adopting 3 children from El Salvador

We are starting a new chapter in our life by adopting a sibling group from El Salvador!

Complications made it impossible for us to have biological children, and now have felt God opened this new door. We are so excited to welcome children into our home.

It may surprise you but the truth is, international adoption is really expensive. All in, we are estimating our adoption to cost around $55,000, depending on the sibling group. We have included the cost breakdown from our agency below so you can see where those funds are going. While fundraising has truly taken us out of our comfort zone, we are thrilled and humbled that you want to be apart of our life. AdoptTogether is a IRS approved 501(c)(3) organization and your donations are tax deductable.

While we are excited to become a family, we also acknowledge the grief and trauma that comes with adoption. Please pray for the right children and for us to prepared!

I (John) love to share updates and will share updates as they occur. Once you donate, you will be signed up to receive updates from this website and email. Follow us on social media as well to stay up to date on our process! Thank you again for your support and prayers! We are grateful that you are joining our journey as our future children grow.

Adoption Cost Breakdown: Application: $400 Contract with Agency: $7,700 Agency Fee: $4,000 Dossier: $7,650 Referral: $10,125 Authorization of Adoption: $7,305 Adoptive Parent Education: $500 Homestudy: $3,200 Visa: $325 Airfare & Travel: $7,000 Required post-adoption visits/updates: $1,500 Additional Siblings: $5,000 per child

Adoption Status

Completing Paperwork

Adoption Agency

Open Doors

Updates

  • Update 1

    Post Fundraising Update

    November 9, 2025

    Our hearts are so full and thankful for all the love and support that was shown from everyone and overwhelmed with the generosity displayed. The fundraising night was more successful than we ever could have anticipated. As a quick update to our journey since the fundraising night, we received all our documents apostille from the Wisconsin Secretary of State. Our documents were combined with our home study and were sent over to our lawyer in El Salvador to start the translation process in Spanish. The last item we need completed state side is to wait for Immigration to approve our Adoption i800a Suitability for Green Cards. We ask that you keep us in your prayers that the process of immigration will stay on track through the government shutdown. Once we receive approval from immigration, we can then go on the waiting list for OPA (oficina para adopciones) to be matched.

    We will continue to share updates throughout our journey.

    ​John and Sorhaya

$1,987 raised of $55,000 goal
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  • The America Online Giving Foundation on behalf of Elevance Health and Eric Hofmann gave $592
  • Jennifer Todryk gave $30
  • Jason walerstein gave $15
    L'chim
  • Lori North gave $20
    Love your soap and brownies!
  • Lisa b Kern gave $50
    Best of Luck on your journey of building a family together, so excited for you two!!!
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
  • Anonymous gave an undisclosed amount
    We love you
  • Jason walerstein gave $5
    I am with you. Im proud to stand with you.
  • Kylie Burk gave an undisclosed amount
  • Kimberly Wedell gave $10
    Each time I eat a sourdough fudgy brownie I will be praying for your family.