Wow! So, things seem to be moving. We have decided to take an alternative adoption route! Instead of being conventional and getting an agency, Dustin and I have had the incredible opportunity to be connected with a women's resource center in Georgia and a labor/delivery nurse in South Carolina. We were told to get our home study completed ASAP and have an attorney on standby. This means that we could be parents in a couple weeks...or a couple years! Incredibly crazy to think there is a possibility that we could be parents by Christmas. We are excited with every glimmer of hope the Lord gives us...whether it is two weeks or two years. Might be the world's fastest "pregnancy!" But, very cool to think our first child could already be baking in the oven!!!
So, in the next week we would like to get our home study done and have an attorney on standby.
Here's where you come in...
1. Prayer!!! Please everyone pray! We have no idea what this process is going to look like. Pray that the Lord amazes us and provides for us financially. We know He is going to direct us and the birth mother, so He places exactly the baby he wants in our family!
2. Financial Help. If you feel the Lord leading you we could definitely use help here. Now that the labor/delivery nurse knows us, she encouraged us to get the home study done quickly. We know the Lord will provide some way and if need be, we can get a loan. But, I just think it is so much more exciting to think of who the Lord may be calling to join with us on this adventure by helping in this tangible way. The home study is the first hurdle. It is about $1,300. The nurse said the total cost is probably going to be around $9,000 (depending on attorney fees and birth mother medical). Over the semester break, Dustin is planning on making some furniture pieces so we can auction it off to raise some money (he is so, so talented!!). For now we will just throw out there this need. Any help is incredible help, even $10!!! For real...
After our experience raising support to work with the addictions ministry and only being there five months...believe us...we are nervous and gun shy about raising support again for adoption. But, the Lord reminds us often that none of us owns our money...God owns all for His glory. We know He is working and can't wait to watch this journey unfold! Making much of Him and making more worshipers!
If you do want to help us financially grow our family, please send me an e-mail to jojonally@gmail.com and I will send you our address.
Thanks friends and family...this is so exciting!!!
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