One Milesone Reached!!!

Thanks to the generous contributions and participation in our fundraising efforts, we are blessed to say that we have reached one of our fundraiser milestones :-). We are now finishing up some appointments, paperwork and education. Our goal to submit everything is the end of October...just another week and a half...YIKES! So exciting though :-). More updates to come soon!!!

Yard/Craft Sale Fundraiser

Our PartyLite Fundraising has come to an end and we are so grateful for the generous contributions that came in! We are getting closer to being able to submit our family assessment paperwork, which we hope to have done by the end of October.

In the meantime, we are going to have a YARD SALE on October 5th from 8 am to 4 pm. Our friends have graciously allowed us to use their front yard and driveway for this event.

Yard Sale
1158 West Latimer
Campbell, CA 95008

Do you have any items you would like to get rid of? Do you bake or make crafts you would like to donate to this cause? We appreciate anything you can do to make this yard/craft sale a success! We can come by to pick up any donations you have before the event. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! All proceeds will go towards the adoption costs.


Please invite your friends, families and neighbors to join us! See you there!

Family Assessment Process

We have officially completed the first steps in our adoption journey and are moving on to the Family Assessment Process! On August 9th we attended an all day seminar in Modesto. It was incredibly informative and answered a lot of questions we had. We received a big binder full of great articles and helpful forms and pamphlets.

Yesterday, August 20th, we completed our first phone interview with our social worker. Now we are waiting to receive the family assessment paperwork, which needs to be completed and turned in within 2 months.

As you can imagine, there are costs involved throughout this whole process and we are excited to begin fundraising soon. We invite you to partner with us, if you feel led. The first fundraiser we are doing is through PartyLite! I (Miriam) LOVE candles, so this is going to be a fun one :-).

 
As a heads up...we also plan to have a yard sale at the end of September/beginning of October. So if you have any items you'd like to donate towards this yard sale, please let us know!!!

God has been opening our eyes more and more to the beauty of adoption. We are so amazed at how many people we are learning about that have been touched by adoption. In Miriam's last preschool class she had a child who was adopted. Now this year, she has already received encouragement through a new family in her class whose daughter was adopted. Not only that, but several co-workers of hers have family members who have either been adopted or been through the adoption process. It is a very exciting time and we are trusting in God's great plan for us!

We are EXPECTING.....through Adoption!!!

After much prayer and thought, we have decided to grow our family through adoption. We are excited about this new adventure and can't wait to meet our precious little one. This whole process is completely new to us and we are learning as we go, but here is where we are so far on our journey.

We submitted an informal application to Bethany Christian Services at the beginning of June and received information on the organization, as well as an invitation to attend an orientation meeting at the beginning of July. That meeting was very helpful in explaining the over-all process of adoption and touched a bit on the topic of 'open-adoption.' Open-adoption is when the birth mom has some type of contact with our family as our child grows. This concept has been a little scary for us, if we're completely honest, but we are learning a lot about the benefits of open-adoption and what it is and isn't. Since the orientation, we have taken two online courses and completed a couple of other required materials to educate us on the adoption process. It has been very eye-opening for sure! We have also submitted our official application and are gearing up for the next steps. We look forward to keeping you updated on the process and ask for your prayers as we move forward.

Please feel free to call us if you want to know more! We can't wait to share our experiences with you.