July 1, 2021--Update on the first half of 2021 Posted about almost 5 years ago

Hello Again!It is hard to believe it is already July and I am just writing the first update in 2021! This past several months has been full of many unexpected blessings and some bumps in our journey to adoption. I will give you some highlights month by month.JANUARYWe started the month with our 1st of 6 calls for our home study with our social worker, Brita from New Life Adoptions. This was inf...

December 8, 2020--New Life Mail Posted about over 5 years ago

Thank you!We are so grateful that many have chosen to partner with us financially. Thank you for giving! We received a surge of donations right when we needed them and were able to make our first payment to Mustard Seed last week. One donor sent this quote, which keeps coming to mind: “God’s plans have God’s provision.” Amen!Yesterday, we were thankful to receive a packet in the mail from New L...

November 19, 2020--Paperwork Continues--Payments Due Soon Posted about over 5 years ago

I am a little hesitant to write this little update because not much has changed. Well, actually, now that I think about it, we didn't update you that we received preliminary approval to do our Home Study through New Life Adoptions! So that is great!We got the paper application in the mail a few weeks ago and have been plugging away at the details. Our biggest project is a set of autobiography q...

November 3, 2020--Home Study Preliminary Application Posted about over 5 years ago

Preliminary ApplicationWe have chosen to do our adoption home study through New Life Family Services' adoption branch, New Life Adoptions. We love the work they do in Minnesota!! We have nearly completely the preliminary application. This entire approval process will take approximately 2 months. The cost of the home study is $3050. Thank you for your support and prayers in this process. Why are...

October 2, 2020--Adopted for Life Posted about over 5 years ago

Adopted for LifeIn August, we started reading the book Adopted for Life by Russell Moore. We started reading the first couple chapters and were getting so excited that we decided we didn't want to read the book alone. So, we reached out to several people at church who have talked about adopting to start a book club together this fall. We had our first meeting last week and it was such a special...