It costs anywhere from 28,000-30,000 to adopt from Ethiopia. This covers our home study, our Agency's paperwork & authorization process, international documents, flights (two trips to Ethiopia), and the adoption fees in the US and Ethiopia.
We have raised $9,000 so far towards our adoption. We have been so blessed to have so many family and friends help support us on this journey. You have bought necklaces and bracelets which have also supported the women in Uganda. Many of you supported our Valentine's dinner "Connecting Hearts".
We are now in the process of making sure we have the funds when we get the referral call for our child or children. This could happen in the next couple of months or it could take a year. We feel we need to start moving forward with raising the money so we have added a donation button & meter on our blog. Please feel free to share it with others. Everything that is donated will go into our adoption account. You can donate as little or as much as you feel God is leading you to. We are still selling the necklaces and bracelets also.
If you can not donate financially, please donate your prayer time to pray for our journey. We pray as a family each morning that the child or children coming into our family are being loved and cared for by special mothers in orphanages. We also want you to pray for the birth mother. Pray that she will be able to feel God's presence. I am still struggling with the pain that must occur for us to adopt. We know God has lead us on this journey for a reason. We take the responsibility of raising her child or children seriously and feel it begins with prayer for both of them. As a mother I want to raise this child or children like I would want someone to raise mine. I want to show God's love and just follow his lead.
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