HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We pray that you all had a beautiful time celebrating Jesus' birthday and bringing in the New Year with the love and hope that we have in Him alone! After eight crazy fun weeks of fundraising we wanted to give everyone an update and a huge THANK YOU! The Lord has worked through you all and we are now 1/3 of the way to our overall goal and have the amount of money needed to pay the Haitian lawyers. Praise God!
Many have asked how much it is to adopt from Haiti and wondered, "Just where does all that money go?" So, I thought I would share with you the break down of the funds so that you are aware.
The total cost of the adoption is $17,000. Because of new Haitian laws, you are now required to go through an agency to adopt, this increases the price. Most of the world operates this way regarding adoption, Haiti was one of the last countries to allow independent adoptions. So, $6,000 goes immediately to the Haitian lawyers who take it through their "social service system". $6,500 goes to the orphanage to cover the costs of medical and caring for the child. Many have major medical needs at the beginning. Everything in Haiti costs more because they have to import almost everything. The remainder $4,500 goes to the adoption agency.
So there you have it. Again, thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey so far, it's really just beginning. We appreciate you all.
This was our family on Christmas Eve and we pray that next year you will see another little face!
