Hi friends! Our adoption process has gone as well as it could possibly go! We started the process in February and in 7 months we have managed to get a home study done, plus all of the needed paperwork, and our Dossier completed and sent in to our adoption agency. If you have ever adopted, you know just how hard all of that is. Living out of the country has made this process a tiny bit harder on us but the Lord has definitely blessed us.
However, now comes the hard part, we must ask for your help. International adoption is expensive and we knew all along it was going to take God moving in big ways to make it possible for us to adopt. He has shown us all along the way that He is in control of everything. Every time we have had a check to write, the money has come either through over payments of sorts, our savings, or the generosity of friends and strangers as well. It has definitely strengthened our faith.
We still have about $13,000 that we need to raise in order to pay for additional expenses. Those will include; adoption agency fees, travel expenses to Colombia for our family, post adoption fees, and post adoption updates, just to name a few. We still have some additional savings we will be using but seek partners to help us little by little to complete this journey.
We were recently blessed as our friends at Kingston Ave. Baptist in Anderson, Indiana gave a $1,200 matching grant to get the ball rolling. We pray that God will bless that grant by doubling it, or even tripling it! Our fundraising goal date is October 6th, 2015, but funds will be accepted later than this date. ;o)
Options for giving are twofold and go 100% to our adoption:
1. Checks may be made payable to "Lifesong for Orphans." In the memo, note "Wood #5450" to assure it goes to the correct account. Please mail to Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 40, Gridley, IL 61744.
2. To pay online go to http://www.lifesongfororphans.
Complete the online form and fill in the "Family Account Number- #5450" and "Family Name- Wood" fields to assure it goes to the correct account. (If your donation is over $50 you will get a tax-deductible receipt. Receipts for donations less than $50, will gladly be sent upon request.)
Thank you for considering helping us rescue a child and give them a forever family. If you would like to support us and are unable to do so financially, we would love it if you would pray for us as we continue on this journey. The path is unfamiliar to us and we truly covet your prayers as we walk in faith and do what we can to unite our little one with the family we know God has planned for them since they were created. We feel blessed to be a part of this journey.
With much love, Greg, Missy, Jerod, Alex, Annie, and Future Wood child!
