When I stopped by my mom's house tonight to pick up David after work, my mom sat me down and told me about a dream she had. She said it was the most vivid, real-life dream she ever had. And the kicker is- she woke up 4 times and went back to sleep all to continue the same dream.
In her dream she met Evan who was holding on to her. My mom was trying to explain to Evan how he has a family now and she is his Grandma. And Evan was saying how he never had a family and was surprised that he now has one. And my mom would take his hand and introduce him to other family members...
The dream does continue and go on, (I have asked my mom to e-mail me the details of her dream so I can post it here.) Then we started taking about my mom's plans to help out watching David while we would travel to the Ukraine, whenever that happens. Then someone in the conversation I brought up how a co-worker of James brought up how we should adopt a little girl in addition to Evan.
Then my mom stopped short and said, "Well there's something I left out of the dream... There was a little girl there too. I was focused more on Evan, but there was a little girl about 2 years older with short hair who was with us and wanted to be held too." She completely forgot to tell me about this little girl initially!
Now, that's all I'm going to post about my mom's dream. I don't want to read into anything... (like a confirmation from God to adopt a second child!) BUT if we happened to raise enough for 2 children, then who knows? I'd be super-open to anything once we get the the orphanage. That would be a LOT of money to raise though... (I think around 35k?)
Matthew 19:26 "...With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."
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Nothing is impossible with God, even 35K. Praying here!! Hugs
ReplyDeleteYou can do it :) get approved for two with your homestudy just in case. You won't be able to take two if not approved for two :) And who knows.....if the child is from the same orphanage, I have been told it is only an extra $4k on top of what one child is.....just wanted you to know :)
ReplyDeleteI found the total costs for the agency I'm using. So for one child the range of adoption is: $22,100 - $34,150. The total cost for two chilren are: $27,600 - $42,320 (Quite a big range spread!) I am under the impression my adoption is $26,000. So that would change the 2nd child range to: $31,500 - $34,170. So hopefully it will be on the lower end- but in all reality, the price truly doesn't matter. If it is God's will it will happen regardless.
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