Sponsorship and Adoption Costs

Update: We are currently waiting to go to court, for Little Man to be legally ours. It should be coming up soon.

While we have most of the money raised for this adoption, we are going to leave this site up and would like to keep fund-raising for our next adoption...which is sometime in the future, in our time line, another year or so.

In God's timing who knows. Little Man was dropped in our laps when we were not actively trying to adopt. So, God may have another one in the nearer future for us, we always stand waiting to see what He will do.

Either way, our hope is to keep adopting, even though we are can not actively pursuing another adoption right at this time (gotta go to court first). If in the event that we do not adopt again, please be assured that this money will be given to someone else who is adopting.

I also wanted to let you know another way that you can help us raise adoption costs, besides the direct donations that you have been sending through paypal.

You can visit our sponsors and make a purchase either here or over on our family blog. In this case, it is a win-win situation for you and us.

We receive compensation from each company when you purchase items from them. So, if you are already planning on making purchases for books, gifts, homeschool curriculum, etc. please  this in mind. It just requires a click-thru from you and that's all.

For example, if you were interested in getting a gift for an upcoming wedding and were already thinking about one of the many gift selections over at CBD.com, if you head to our website or click on the sponsor in the sidebar then we will get compensated for your purchase. You do not have to do anything else. Does that make sense?

We thank you again for all that you have done and are continuing to do to support our adoptions.

Blessings to all of you,

Trish for the whole clan.

PS. I know that I don't write much over here, but most of you know that this is just our fundraising site...as the blog states, our button site. If you want to keep up on the family head over to www.ahouseupontherock.com. Thank you.

A Thousand Thank Yous

Dear All ~
We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your gifts.

One day I will send you each a thank you in the mail...for those of you we know about...but until I get there, please accept this huge thank you from all of us!

God's people stepping up, giving to a family that most of you don't even know ...wow! Should I be surprised? Probably not, but I am!

Thank you. We'll try to keep you updated on where things are regarding the adoption. Right now we just wait...and see what God will do.

Blessings.

Update 2

Our little blessing - three months

 

It has been a little while since I have updated you all on the progress of our adoption fundraising.

God graciously provided us with our funds and a few weeks back we paid the agency in full. Or so we thought.

They came back with another $1100 in fees that they claim we still owe them. Money has been allocated to things we didn't agree to pay and the details are much too arduous to get into here. We have been round and round with the head of the agency and after seeking wise counsel we have decided that there is no option but to pay the fees in order to get the adoption finalized.

It has been a very difficult month for us; we have been hurt by what has happened. We hired these people to do a job for us and they have been lying and cheating us.

If you would please be praying for us as we continue to move forward. There are still some hoops that we need to face and we are trusting that God will grant us favor and will allow this adoption to be finalized soon.

We can not believe that many, many strangers have blessed our family with gifts of abundance.

Thank you so much for all of your support. 

Update

As you can see, the Lord has been working in the hearts of friends and family and has raised over $3,000 in just a few weeks! We are almost half way there!

We are so grateful to all of you who have responded and shown your love and care for our family.

One of the biggest challenges for me is to completely trust in His provision. We are facing due dates for the finances, yet...God! Every time we face another due date - should I be surprised? - He provides!

This past week we had a need for $500 to be paid by a specific date and I was fretting about it, but I really needed to turn it over into His hands. Would you believe? Our church put out a call for a special offering for our family and we were given $673 - $173 more than we needed. It was in hand the day before the due date!

He is good always and I know that part of what He is teaching me in all of this is to trust Him with the details. I would much prefer Him to have miraculously provided all the money up front...but where is the deep faith in that? It seems He would rather show me all the way that He is providing as we need it, when we need it...and guess what? He is never late!

Thank you again. I hope to get individual notes out to each one of you, but in case I don't please know that from the depths, we are forever grateful for the Body, for all of you, even those of you we don't know! And WOW! There are so many of you we don't know...you were told about us and you don't even know us yet, are supporting us! Thank you.

Blessings,
Trish for all of us.

PS. Want to see another picture of our cutie? Isn't this a funny picture?!? What a look!

 

He's growing like a weed less than 2 weeks old he's back up past birth weight.

If you are new to this site please start here to learn a little more about what this site is for.

A Precious Gift from the Lord

We have a new blessing!

We are home.

Our newest little one was born on Saturday Nov. 28th.

A bundle of blue...HE is beautiful.

We still have a long way to go with this adoption, but for now, we are home and taking it one day at a time. Continuing to trust God's provision for every need to fall into place.

Daddy with his three gifts from God

Our Latest Adoption Journey

Behold, children are a gift of the LORD

Psalm 126:3

Hello. If you have made it this far, chances are likely that you know something about us, but in case you don't, we'd like to share a little bit about our family with you.

We began our adoption journey 8 years ago. Well, really longer than that, but we actually got in contact with an agency and started the process towards officially adopting then. So far we have been through three adoptions. Two that were successful and one that wasn't. Two private and one through the foster system.
  
We are Tony, Trish, Little Miss, and Little Buddy. We love children. We had always hoped for a large family, well, Tony did, Trish has come around. Our children have been praying for about 6 months now, asking God for another brother or sister. If you asked Little Miss what she thinks, she’s 5, she will first tell you that having a brother is a blessing. And then the reason she wants more brothers and sisters “because they would be fun to play with”. Little Buddy, he’s 4, keeps telling us he needs a brother because he has a sister already.

A family member connected us recently, telling us of someone she knew that was pregnant and had a family back out on adopting her baby. She was at a loss as to what to do. She desperately wants a loving family for her baby, since she is not in a position to take care of him. So we got in touch with her and she has asked us to adopt her baby. We were not planning on another private adoption at this point in our lives, but the Lord has placed this situation in front of us and we have stepped out in faith and are moving towards adopting again. She is already past her due date, so we will be having a new little one very, very soon.

Adoption is a wonderful way to build a family, but it is not an inexpensive venture. Our adoption expenses including document preparation, hiring of professionals, legal fees, and more will cost in excess of $8,000. Honestly, these fees are very low because we came to our agency with a birthmom match. Typical costs are upwards of $20,000. We praise God for His provision in this area.

We have paid a beginning portion of the amount and are excited to see how God will provide the remainder.

We had a discussion with a friend about an idea that we have had about how we are going to raise the money. Well, in all honesty we are expecting a miracle.

But practically speaking, we know that people want to help, but never seem to know how to. Thousands of dollars seem out of reach, but $10 is fairly easy to contribute. If 500 people donated $10, we’d have $5,000 of the amount needed. If 100 people donated $20 we’d have $2,000. That is part of the purpose of this blog. Friends and family wanted to help, but didn’t know where to send money to, or wanted a simple way to send some money.

If you feel so led, you may click on the donation button on the side bar and donate through our paypal account. If you are interested in sending a check instead, please send a note via e-mail and we can get you an address.

Would you prayerfully consider our family in your giving? We are excited about what God is going to do in our lives through this child. Thank you in advance for your prayers and support. May the Lord bless you.

Please email us at tonytrishclan@gmail.com with any questions you may have regarding our situation. We are happy to talk about this wonderful adventure.

Tony, Trish and the children