We Applied and Our Program is at Capacity

Our program is closed to new applicants, but we made it in!  So where are we adopting from?  Thailand!  I agonized over this decision for a little over 3 months now.   In fact, we met with a domestic agency, but it didn't seem probable that we would be selected by a birth mother since we already have two children  However,  if you know a woman looking for an adoptive family, would you share our story with her?


Honestly this whole process has felt a bit surreal.  I'm excited and overwhelmed at the same time, knowing that there is a mother-less DAUGHTER out there for me.  We picked Thailand in the interest of wanting to add a daughter to our family and the travel requirements.  (Several countries require 2 trips and the stay can be 45 days long!)  We prayed much over this decision, furthermore it certainly wasn't an easy one.  There is no child more worthy of our love than another.  I'm thankful that the Lord doesn't love me based on my merit, skin color, or geographical location.  


We are currently working on our Home Study, which will approve us as "fit" parents.  As part of this process we will have a social worker come into our home and interview us and inspect our home.  We also have a mountain of paper work to tackle.  As I mentioned earlier, our program is at capacity.  Our program is a relatively small program.  I learned that there are 19 families waiting for their Referral.  Your Referral is aka the day you get your child's picture and background information.  There are 25 families working on Home Study and Dossier submission.  The Dossier is basically the Home study translated in Thai and submitted in country.  


We will not officially be on "the list" for our child until our Home Study is completed and our Dossier is submitted.  I desperately want to get on the list before the other 25 other families!  Essentially the sooner we get on the list, the sooner we will have our referral.  I've been informed that our wait could be 3 years.  But, if we get on the list before the other families, it is likely to be shorter-like 2 years!  


We are currently raising funds for our Dossier and have become good friends with Craigslist!   We are selling everything we can think of!  When our Home Study is completed, we will be applying for a matching grant.  Would you please pray that we can raise $4,000 to double our money to $8,000 and that we will be chosen for this grant?  (Currently there are more applicants than ever before.)  Would you pray for our birth mother and for the pain she will endure choosing to give up her daughter?  We covet your prayers in this journey ahead.

May we have power, together with all the saints, 

to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.   

Eph 3:18

Check out this fundraiser to order great Thirty One products and help bring our little girl home. 20% of sales will go towards our adoption.  If your going to be Christmas shopping, take a look! (This fundraiser has ended.)

-KW