After a lot of prayer and discussion Kristy & I wanted to let you know that we have decided that in March/April of next year we are going to pursue the option of adopting a child. While we both feel like we want to start a family neither of us felt ready to try and have a baby. Adoption and/or fostering has been something that Kristy and I have considered from the time we got married, and after hearing about the adoption process from a guy Kristy works with, both Kristy & I felt like God was opening our hearts to the idea of adopting our first child.
We have already looked into the financial aspect of adoption and what kind of programs, tax credits and interest free loans that are available to people who adopt. Health Net also has a reimbursement program of up $5000 for any qualified adoption fee. We are asking you to pray that we continue to save our money & that we make wise financial decisions to help us off set the cost of the adoption which will probably be in the range of about $20,000.
We have also decided on the adoption agency that we want to use, which is called Holt International and you can look them up at http://www.holtinternational.org/. This is a Christian based organization whose passion & purpose is to find loving homes for the children of this world who do not have a permanent home. We have looked through all the countries that Holt serves & we have decided that we would like to adopt a child from Ethiopia.
Kristy & I are so excited about beginning this new chapter in our lives & we are confidant that this is the path that God is leading us down right now. We are sure that along the way there will be a lot of bumps and detours so we are asking for your love and support.
We love you all & we know that you will help us through this process. If you have any questions please ask :-)
Love,
Jacob & Kristy
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