Today I am a bit nauseated. No morning sickness here of course.
But I am still sick..... that it now might cost $40,000 to adopt this baby girl who needs a forever family.
I am sick...that our government funds abortions but does absolutely nothing to help parents adopting American babies who are given life. There used to be an adoption tax refund but not anymore. Nothing. There are some potential bills out there that might change this so I am praying!
I am sick...that lawyers charge so much.
I am sick...that so many people are just out to make money!!
But I am also in love. With a baby girl I have never heard nor seen. Who is about 29 weeks along on her way to be born. If she really is OUR daughter (which I hope she is), then I will walk through fire to get her.
It is just discouraging to us that we thought we were SOO close to having all the money we'd need to travel and complete the adoption and then get punched in the stomach with the news that the birth state attorney will charge $4,000-$6,000!!!!!
It is certainly good we decided to do one last fundraiser. It will be a fun one for me as we'll be selling Take N Bake pizzas. I've been making pizza with my mom for as long as I can remember. It is a lot of fun for me. We were donated 30 pizza cooking trays by Figaros here in our neighborhood and are grateful for that! It will be four fun days of pizza :)
Please pray for us. I am so fortunate that Aaron is such a fantastic husband and daddy. I think we make a good team. And I know we have the means and resources to raise a 3rd child. But getting there is hard. But we can do this because God is for orphans. And if God is for us, who can be against us?
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)