Application is in the mail!!

My application is in the mail and my first $3000 will be processed this week! It is time for the homestudy process to start and is suppose to take 4ish months. I am praying that one of the social workers in Qualicum will be willing to do my homestudy so that I do not have to pay one to drive up from Victoria.

Thank you for joining me on this journey to a child who needs a family to love them and provide for them. I feel honoured to be on this journey.

Agency Decided

I have been in contact with three of the four adoption agencies in BC and after much dialogue and reading the provided information I have decided on an agency. I have filled out the application and will be sending it in for September 1st.

Country Decided!

The decision on which country to adopt from has been narrowed down to basically one. This is because of new laws (singles can’t adopt), programs do not have children with Downs Available, etc. I will be adopting from an Eastern Europe country and I am very excited! 

I personally know two families who have adopted children with Downs from this country and their timelines were around 18 months from start to finish. This may not be the case this time but I trust that it will be God’s perfect timing. 

I am currently saving to start the homestudy process and have been brainstorming on how I can fundraise and save the $33,000+ to cover all the cost. It will be hard work but it will be worth it all knowing that I will provide a home for a child who is currently living in an institution. 

Thank you for your support and encouragement as I start this journey

Please Pray

As I walk forward please pray that I will have wisdom to know what route to take. I feel that International Adoption is the route that God is leading me but I also have asked the Ministry if they will look in the data base to see if there are any children with Down Syndrome available in Canada. 

I am still waiting to hear back from agencies to see what countries have children with Down Syndrome available that allow single Mom’s to adopt. I trust that as I walk forward God will open and close doors. 

Taking a Step Forward

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole stair case.” Martin Luther King Jr.

I have felt the desire to adopt for years and I dream of being a Mom to a van full of children. I picture them having many varying abilities. As I journey through life and meet people I feel drawn to families with a call of adoption on their lives. I am so full of emotions when I read stories of adoption and parents who are raising children with disabilities. I believe God has broken my heart in this area and I desire to become a Mom to a child with Down Syndrome. 

I have thought and prayed alot about it in the previous years and this year I feel a greater urgency to start the process. I wasn’t sure it was the right time as I am only a year out of school, I didn’t have my own house, I have student loans and I am single. God provided me a cute rental house, he surprises me with an unexpected raise at work and I have an awesome family and support network who will walk along side of me down this journey. 

After some wrestling with God and him affirming my decision I am walking forward to begin the adoption process trusting that God will lead and provide. This summer I need to save $3500.00 to pay for my homestudy and my intention is to submit my application on September 1st. I am looking at adopting a toddler with Down Syndrome and am currently contacting facilitators to see if the countries I am interested in have any children with DS in their programs. 

I realize that I do not have $25,000 to 50,000 sitting in my account and I am not sure how the funds will come together but I feel that I need to trust God and that if it is his will for me at this time that he will provide. Please join me in praying that I will listen to his voice as I walk forward and that He will lead me to the child who will one day call me “Mommy”.