Monthly Care

The end of the this month marks our 21 months since turning in an application to begin our adoption process.  We had no idea at that time that all of our speed bumps would put us here, almost 2 years later, without our boys home.  I think the Lord knows we probably would not have started this path had we known.  He knew our boys needed a family, that we would need our boys, and we were the ones he chose.

That being said, we are still waiting for this hold-up to pass.  The initial call from our adopting country was "up to 12 months" and that was end of September that this statement was made.  So we wait as patiently as possible, trying NOT to get caught up in the countless numbers of rumors that fly around in the adoption world about opening up sooner than said.

As we wait, we still have a financial responsibility to our kids.  They have the luxury of being in a foster home and not an orphanage - to which we are TRULY thankful!!  I honestly don't know how I could sleep peacefully each night if I didn't have this assurance that they are in a loving home being hugged, kissed, fed and clothed.  When we purchased our flight tickets (twice!), we paid our last statement to our agency.  Now that our travel plans are postponed, we still have a monthly responsibility for foster care for each son.  When it's time to bring them home, we will have our travel expenses (this is not a cheap place to travel to) and then a $1000 re-adoption fee to a local adoption lawyer here.  That is the remainder of our expenses.

This week I got our January bill for foster care and as I have for the last many, many months, I forwarded it to LifeSong.  If you don't remember who LifeSong is, then you can read this post about this amazing ministry from last January.  Today I received notice that the remainder of our LifeSong funds only paid for one third of our foster care bill.

I have started selling infinity scarves on Facebook that has been a HUGE help in raising funds for our adoption, but if you feel so led to donate to our adoption through an organization who provides your gift to be tax deductible, you can make a check to Lifesong for Orphans with our family number on it and mail to:

Lifesong for Orphans    

                                        Attn:  Fish Family #3227

                                        P.O. Box 40 / 202 N. Ford St.

                                        Gridley, IL  61744

We can't tell you how much we appreciate your love and support during the last 21 months.  I can't wait to tell Jeshua and Jedidiah the myriads of people (friends, family and strangers) who prayed that the Lord would bring them safely and quickly home to us.  You are all part of this story.  Don't give up, please.  We aren't!