Adoption Update

 So here we are and it has been 13 months since we were home study approved. 16 months ago, we started the journey.

As I have said before, not much seems to be going on in the dimension that we can see.  I believe, however, that God is orchestrating details and one day it will be a beautiful piece.

Though, I do have a little bit of an update this time.

Sully and I have decided to register with a second adoption agency called Lifeline. http://lifelinechild.org

We have talked with both organizations and they are comfortable with us being registered with both. They said they have had several families go this route.

We found out about Lifeline through our cousin, Christin. Christin and her husband, Jonathan, had a great experience with them.  I felt encouraged by the things she had to say about the organization.

Lifeline had the 3 major things we wanted in an agency.
1) Christian.
2) Offers birthparent counseling.  This was non-negotiable for me.
3) Facilitates domestic adoptions.

Since we are home study approved through Bethany, Lifeline won't have to do as much paper work because many of the health and financial records can just transfer over.

We are currently working through the application with Lifeline and we will keep you all updated on how that goes.

We have been praying about this decision for a few weeks now because Lifeline does not have a sliding scale fee for the adoption. With Bethany, our total costs will be $16,800 if we place with them.  With Lifeline, it will be about $22,000.

We really felt good about Lifeline and that we shouldn't limit ourselves based on a number. There have been other agencies or "facilitators" that we have spoken to with similar costs but did not have a peace about it.  We have peace about this decision.

So this spring it will be back the drawing board with fundraising. We will have the yard sale again. We will be working on grants through the ABBA fund and investigating the Both Hands project. http://www.bothhandsfoundation.org.

We also need to remember to pray. Would you continue to pray with us? I find myself  sometimes not wanting to pray about it because I don't want to "want it" too much. Does that make sense?  So if Sully and I pop in your head, will you intercede for us?