One of the greatest challenges of adoption, especially international adoption is the financial aspect of it. It can become overwhelming just to think about it....the home study, agency fees, the background checks and finger printing, the travel, the ordering of documents from the state, the authentication of the documents by the same state you just ordered the aforementioned documents from, the authorizing of the authenticator of same noted documents....to be certain, the birth certificates, marriage license, etc are validated from every possible angle so that when you see that document, with the raised gold seal, bearing the official signature, notarized, then the notary's seal authenticated - you will not have one shred of doubt, for any reason, that I was, indeed, born.
And that I am valid. ated.
Now that process might seem a tad redundant, but in all honesty, we need to have safe guards in place before moving forward with an adoption. Moving forward entails an enormous amount of faith. We held firmly to the faith that although we did not have an extra $32,000+ tucked away inside the square shoulder pads of my 1985 Perry Ellis blazer ( which could seriously house that much money), that God would provide in every way to enable us to bring a child into our family. To that end, we have applied and were so very blessed to receive a matching grant from Hand in Hand Christian Adoption. Our friends and family will be able to partner with us in our journey and Hand in Hand will match donations up to $2000 allowing us to possibly be awarded a $4,000 ( or more ) grant toward adoption expenses. We have until May 6 to receive donations. Please contact me if you would like more information regarding the details.
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