We sent our adoption application out on August 12th and last week received word that it has been approved by Children's Hope International. We are thrilled!
Later in the week Children's Hope gave us referrals for the home study... we've chosen a social worker and our appointment for the home visit is Sept. 4th. Last week we also received our first batch of paperwork from our social worker and from Children's Hope (for the dossier), thus officially launching our "paper pregnancy." For the next several months, this will be my primary occupation-- chasing the paper trail until it leads us, finally, to Ethiopia.
A word on the financial front: Christianity teaches that we are to take care of, as Scripture says, "the orphans and the widows." I believe that if something is asked of us by God, then with it comes a promise of His provision for that thing to come to fruition. This promise is something Norm and I are holding on to and take very seriously in regards to the call to adopt. I know God will provide the money for this adoption and I intend to blog about just how He goes about doing it. I hope it will encourage others who are considering adoption, as the stories of other couples financing their adoptions have encouraged Norman and I.
On that note: Our first payment (cost of the adoption is broken up into approx. four large payments, due every three months or so, over the course of the time it takes for the adoption to go through) is due this week. We have money in our adoption fund-- several hundred of it coming in recently and from unexpected sources (I found two uncashed checks that I didn't know I had; I got a check from a consignment shop in Ann Arbor that I sold things at from time to time; I got a reimbursement check from my former workplace...). We couldn't project what we would owe for the first payment until our application was approved and we decided on a home study agency (costs vary). When I tallied up our first payment, it was exactly the amount we had in our fund.
God is good.
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WOW. Nice God. Here's to the first installment of three stories like that--your own trilogy of God Comes Through. Love you.
Wow, I just teared up in a way that hurts my throat and face. I'm so excited for you both and I can't wait to meet your baby girl...He is faithful on every front, He loves us more passionately than we could possibly understand and He is so so so so gooood!
thats awesome you guys! hopefully we'll follow in your footsteps in a couple years and get a few babies of our own through paper pregnancy
I meant to say three MORE stories like that...which would make it a quadogy. Encouraging to reread this post. :)
Kristy,
That is an awesome story about the money being the perfect amount to match the first payment.
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