Our friend put this video together for us...
On Monday night Chris had a dream. It didn't make any sense to him at the time and had no context. In his dream he was asking for $32,000. Right before he woke up he heard a small voice say, "your faith is too small". He woke up and it was 4am. He wasn't able to fall back to sleep but also didn't give his dream much thought. On Tuesday morning we received an email from a private grant organization that awards grants and non interest loans to adoptive families. It said that we had not been approved. It was defeating. Later that day we received a call from an adoption lawyer letting us know he was with a birth mom who is interested in our family and would like to speak to us! Amazing. Knowing that we would need to have funds ready almost immediately I called a family member who had previously thought they would be able to help with a short term immediate loan until the rest of our fundraising and savings was in.... that was no longer happening. We had to say no. No to a birth mom and no to a baby... because we are not ready with funding. Devastating again. Immediately Chris remembered his dream. We knew that we had already decided to list our Monday Night Seahawks/Saints tickets for sale to use the proceeds towards our adoption. Why not just put it out there, step out in big faith and ask for our entire adoption amount?!?! Sound crazy? Ya I know. It did to me too. But with the emotional up and down year we have had Chris has done nothing but stand strong and listen to God's guiding. Why should I question him?! So I'm not. And so far, it's been crazy. We have asked friends to share our story through social media and it has been amazing to see them step up. We have been contacted by Seattle news media and will be doing interviews later this week once we get into town. Crazy? Yes! Amazing? Yep! Needing a Miracle for it to happen? 100% Did you know that we were the first couple ever to get married on the field at what was then Seahawks Stadium? Did you know that our first son Jackson was brought home from the hospital in a Darrell Jackson jersey? Did you know our dog, and ring-bearer at our wedding, who wore a jersey walking down the aisle is named "Fumbles" (which was a totally appropriate name for a Seahawks fan at that time). We both have early childhood memories of being Seahawks fans and it couldn't be more fitting than to have other Seahawks fans help us bring our baby girl home.
On a side note did you know that a domestic adoption in the United States through a lawyer or an adoption agency averages between $25,000-$40,000. Here are a couple links to help you better understand why.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/s_cost/s_costs.pdf
http://www.americanadoptions.com/adopt/why_does_private_adoption_cost_so_much_money
With all that said we need to get the word out. We are excited (and nervous) to do the interviews later this week! And we are hopeful and prayerful that something BIG is going to happen! Would you join us in spreading the word? THANK YOU!
If you feel called to give towards our adoption fund but don't have $32,000 laying around to buy the Seahawks tickets, you can click on THIS LINK and give. Or there is a Pay Pal link in the side bar.
We are SO THANKFUL for your support, sharing of the link, and prayers. Thank you!
And in case you missed it- here is the link to our EBAY LISTING!
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