PASSION

Ok so I am passionate about Jesus! I am also passionate about adoption. I was listening to K-Love radio on Monday and they were talking about some stats from Max Lucado. I missed the numbers, so I looked some up.

There are 2 to 3 BILLION Christians in the world.
There are 143 million orphans.
There are 100 million more kids living on the streets.

If every Christion family adopted one child or got one off the streets, problem solved!

I know it's not that easy. Many Christian families are living in third world countries (pray for them) or in poverty right here. Many are elderly. Most families would find the cost prohibative. But...if God tells you to adopt-ADOPT!

If that is not you, find another way to help the orphans, the most fragile of God's children. Give to an adoption agency so the can help folks who are adopting meet the financial needs. Or give directly to an orphange. Any of your friends who have adopted can give you names or contact people. E-mail me! I can give you several in Haiti, Russia, Kazakhstan and others, as well as in the U.S.

If you feel lead to help me, I would love to hear from you. The "About Me" has an e-mail link. God is leading me to ask. If He leads you to respond, please listen.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

PrePlacement Report (The Home Study)

2005
Oh my gosh, you have to let total strangers into your house and ask you all kinds of questions! They want to talk to your family, check to see if you hid your dirty dishes in the stove, see if your grass is 2.3 inches tall...ok, so I was terrified, and totally excited at the same time. And everything was going to be perfect! I took off work to clean my house! I had signed on for a toddler age boy, so I toddler proofed everything. Made sure I had child safety locks on the cupboards, locked away cleaning stuff, raised the 'breakables' out of 3 foot reach...and cleaned...and cleaned...and cleaned...you get the picture.
A very nice women (herself an adoptive parent) came and spent several hours talking to me and my kids. We had a great talk about parenting, adopting and kids in general. She did look around the house; at the room for the new addition, out the back door to see if it was fenced in and she did ask a lot of questions! She did not even once look in my stove.
Total Cost for Home Study, 2005---$900.00

2010
Scheduled my home study today with Lutheran Community Services (I have their number if you are interested!) It's next Thursday. One week from tomorrow...time to put myself into gear. I don't think I will take time off work. How crazy is that, I mean it's just a home study.
Who am I kidding-JUST A HOME STUDY-no such thing. Again, I am terrified and excited. It's only the most important thing that determines whether or not you are qualified to adopt! I've got to clean, pull weeds, clean, fix a bedroom, clean, patch some walls, clean, check my stove, clean...
With my sincerest apologies to all the future dads and moms out there waiting to adopt your forever kids because you can't have bio kids, think of the home study as the first tri-mester of pregnancy. It's the hardest part to get through, but once you are through, you know there is no turning back. Very scary. Just remember, God is in control. It's a good thing He is, I would so mess this up.
Total Cost of Home Study, 2010 --- $2,688.50 (ouch)
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