Hey all! After two months we have completed our home study paper work!!!!! This may sound simple but if you have gone thru this process you understand what an undertaking this is!!! It’s intrusive and very intense! But we have finished this Portion! In the next few weeks we will complete our profile which is basically the book that is shown to birth mothers to tell them all about Jake and I! Thru our amazing agency, they have someone that does all the work for you on this front, we provide pictures and information and they put it all together for us! This process of putting our profile together takes about 2-3 weeks! After this is done we go ‘active’ which means at any point we can get matched with a birth mother! We recently completed some training where we found out that 50% of the time your adoption is instant… meaning a baby has been born and is at the hospital and you need to drop everything and get there! They have also had couples get matched 2 days after completing their profile. So this is where it gets intense. Because we could have a baby by September… but we could also be waiting a year from now. There is a lot of unknown. We are excited. We are also terrified. Ha. So how can you support us? First of all pray for us. Second of all - pray for birth mom. There is a complete stranger out there right now that is going to become a huge part of our lives, she is no doubt walking a hard road. Join us in praying for her. Your prayers are the most useful thing to us! We would also be so blessed If you want to financially support us as the costs are now due and the agency we are with is $37,000 - we have saved for this for years but are hoping to raise 10,000. We know this is a lot. We have a go fund me that is linked to both my Facebook and instagram, we have a fundraiser coming up June 8th that is also linked on my pages.
When it’s all laid out in front of Jake and I we easily become overwhelmed. This is not what we wrote down in our 5 year plan of ‘1st 5 years of marriage’ but it’s without a doubt where we are being led. We are excited and hopeful yet guarded and nervous! Trusting god to help make the impossible parts possible. We will keep you updated as we continue to mark things off the list!
Find an agency - CHECK!
Announce you’re adopting - CHECK
complete homestudy- CHECK
Next up- create profile and search for birth mom!
