I don't know exactly when God first nudged my heart towards adoption. I just remember thinking that it was something I wanted to do. As we struggled through infertility, we continued to feel that nudging. Stronger and stronger. We watched friends adopt. We read books. We prayed. A lot. In August, after prayer, paying off some debts and research, we started our exciting journey.
Why China? Lots of reasons. We never had the experience of being drawn to adopting from a specific country. We wanted an agency we felt like we could trust. Other friends spoke highly of their agency. We did our research. Our agency has been everything we wanted. Responsive. Ethical. Knowledgeable. Passionate. Kind.
Who? We will be adopting a little boy or girl from China. We don't know anything about her or, more likely, him. Contrary to popular belief there are a lot of boys that are waiting to be adopted in China.
When? We're truly just getting started. There is 6 months of paperwork, called a dossier, to begin. After the paperwork, we wait to be matched with a child. This can take up to 18+ months. There are so many variables, it's impossible to say. Then, we wait 9-12 weeks to travel to China for 2 weeks and adopt our child.
How much? An amount that seems impossible today. But, I believe in a God that spoke, and the world was created. I know that, to Him, this is not the huge thing that it is for me. So, we are blindly trusting. We plan to fundraise, save like crazy, apply for part-time work, write grants and pray like crazy. More information about this in another post.
For those with a thousand more questions, keep them coming. I love talking about our adoption!!!
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