Here we go again...

We have decided to adopt again!

Jonah's homecoming anniversary is in October but we have been given the go ahead to get started a little early. His adoption took about 14 months, so we are estimating that amount of time, + or minus a few months ;)

We briefly considered China, but decided our hearts are in Korea.  We love Korea and we want to take Jonah back with us and let him see his foster family. We can't pick the sex of the child so we are technically open to either, but we are hoping for a girl now, just in case we decide 2 kids is enough for us ;). If we don't get a girl, we'll just have to find the energy to go one more time.

So far we are swimming in paperwork. Since we have seen our case worker several times this year, we don't have to do another home visit for our home study. We are in the process of gathering all the documents: background checks, reference letters, employer and bank letters, medical forms, etc.

We are on the list to be contacted regarding waiting children, which is basically children who may not be referred for some reason. Very vague.
We are going to hold off on sending our home study to Korea for now so we can have a little more time to raise funds. We got matched so very quickly last time we had to scramble to get the huge chunk of money to accept the referral.

We have already begun working on an online auction to be held September 16-20. Also when our home study is complete, we can apply for some grants. We are also considering doing a fundraiser through Lifesong for Orphans which involves getting a group of friends together to do a work project for a local widow in need. Each volunteer gets sponsors like in a walk or run, and the money goes towards the adoption but also helps the widow. Win win!

Funding the adoption will be a little different this time because I'm only working part time so I can be with Jonah. Also Zach is likely going to have a change in his employer which means we likely won't be able to get employer adoption assistance as we did last time. That assistance covered almost 1/3 last time, so that is a bummer.

We're not nervous though...When God calls, he provides the way.