As of today, we have hit a major milestone in our adoption funding! We're now at... (drum roll, please)... $15,109!! We've put out just under $18,000 at this point, so we're closing in quickly on knocking the financial obstacle out of the way. Although there will be several hundred dollars in fees involved with renewing our home study and dossier this fall, the final major expenditures will come with really, really good news!
Our next agency fee of $5,000 will need to be paid immediately upon receiving a referral that we choose to accept. We can't move forward without paying that fee, so we are working hard to make sure that it is not a barrier for us in accepting a referral for our child. I think that will probably be the most excited I've ever been to write a check that large, at least, until we get notice that we can travel to bring our child home!
According to other adoptive families and the research I've done, traveling to India will end up costing about $10,000. We will probably have about 1-2 weeks notice of when we need to travel, so we will have to have all of the funding in place as soon as possible.
We started our business with AdvoCare in part to fund our adoption, and it has been such a blessing in our lives providing growing resources, as well as a close community of friends and prayer warriors locking arms with us. A friend from high school who works with AdoptTogether recently contacted me about providing a platform for tax deductible donations toward our adoption. Not everyone is called to adopt a child, but if you feel led to join us on this journey and care for an orphan through adoption support, you can donate through PayPal on our blog, or through AdoptTogether on our behalf.
We can't control the waiting in adoption, but we can remove this obstacle as we prepare to bring our little one home. We are so grateful for those who have already supported us on this road, and for those yet to come who will step forward as we continue this amazing story. God is so good!
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