Here we go (April 2018)
We know we want to do a domestic adoption and we have had a few friends at church who have used the same adoption agency so we figured we'd apply and see what happens.
We were SHOCKED at the cost! We had no idea the whole thing would be so expensive. We actually had a hard time at first making sense of the price. It's like a business which is kind of disheartening.
We still applied because we wanted a chance to have our questions answered, after our phone interview I (Ashley) felt a peace about things. Austin was still totally freaked about the money but he's the provider for our family so I understand that. We've looked at a few more agencies online but haven't decided yet if we're going to contact them or not, they are all more expensive but all seem to do the same thing.
Saturday night we were laying in bed talking about a lot of different things but Austin said he wanted to pray specifically for someone to offer to help us financially with the adoption the next day. I told him he had to pray because that seemed like a crazy request and I doubted it could happen.
Well, once again God proved me wrong! We were talking to some friends at church and they asked what was going on with us so we told them about the adoption, when we were done talking the husband told us he would like to give us money to help with some of the costs! We were floored! Austin started crying and I just kind of stood there shocked. Just another example that God has this. I might need a reminder of this when things are stressful or it seems like we've been forgotten but God has been so faithful answering our bold prayers and were are very excited to see how he continues to lead us.
We were SHOCKED at the cost! We had no idea the whole thing would be so expensive. We actually had a hard time at first making sense of the price. It's like a business which is kind of disheartening.
We still applied because we wanted a chance to have our questions answered, after our phone interview I (Ashley) felt a peace about things. Austin was still totally freaked about the money but he's the provider for our family so I understand that. We've looked at a few more agencies online but haven't decided yet if we're going to contact them or not, they are all more expensive but all seem to do the same thing.
Saturday night we were laying in bed talking about a lot of different things but Austin said he wanted to pray specifically for someone to offer to help us financially with the adoption the next day. I told him he had to pray because that seemed like a crazy request and I doubted it could happen.
Well, once again God proved me wrong! We were talking to some friends at church and they asked what was going on with us so we told them about the adoption, when we were done talking the husband told us he would like to give us money to help with some of the costs! We were floored! Austin started crying and I just kind of stood there shocked. Just another example that God has this. I might need a reminder of this when things are stressful or it seems like we've been forgotten but God has been so faithful answering our bold prayers and were are very excited to see how he continues to lead us.
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