And Now!

Well it appears that everything is in place for our upcoming travel to get Hannah.  It has been frustrating beyond measure. 

We have never come so close to saying uncle and walking away from an adoption.   Cost are unbelievably high and our agency has been a pain lots of hidden fees and just generally hard to work with.  However at the end of the day something that I said during our second adoption kept coming back to haunt me.

When we were considering adopting Shiyan we had major concerns about her condition and wondered if we were properly equipped to handle it.  One day we were talking and praying and I said "To not accept this child would be no different than having an abortion"  So we decided to move forward.  That evening we called a friend to talk about her medical condition and that friend said that at lunch that day they were talking and said "to not accept a child like this would be much like having an abortion".  So we knew this was a word from God for us.

For us aborting one of our biological kids was never an option or even a thought so when this came into play with the adoption it really hit us.  So when this adoption got tough these words kept running through my mind and we decided to keep moving forward.

One other thing is that for past adoptions we have not done any fund raising or grant applications but this time we considered it.  A couple of months ago a local church reached out to us and asked us to apply for their grant through Lifesong for Orphans.We applied and this week learned that we have been given a $3000 matching grant.    We will be posting in the coming days about how you can become involved in this if you feel led to contribute.  This will at least help offset the cost of plane tickets for our upcoming trip.  Thanks for prayerfully considering this.

More updates to come.