This is it. The final waiting time before we start to travel to bring Y home! That means we are at a final push to try and get our funds together to bring him home. We still need about $15,000 which will cover our food, lodging, airfare and travel in country, as well as translator and facilitator fees and other government type expenses.
It is our heart’s desire that we can complete our adoption with out debt. Emmie’s surgery in April pushed us to meet our out of pocket maximum for the year with insurance. That was wonderful because it means all of our other medical (which wasn’t a lot until Emmie’s hospitalization in August) is free. But, it’s not so great because if you have ever looked at your deductible and out of pocket max, you know that those numbers are not easy to meet (meaning very expensive). That means our medical debt is slowly accumulating. By the time we get this out of pocket met, Emmie will be looking at or will have completed her third surgery. That means our deductible for next year will have been met and possibly our out of pocket maximum will be met again. So, our desire to go debt free on this adoption is two-fold. We know that Emmie’s medical expenses will continue to max out amount to pay and we really do not like going in to debt. Before surgeries, we were blessed to only have house payments as our only debt. Our cars are paid for. If we use our credit cards to get the rewards, we pay them off each month. We would prefer not to have any extra debt to burden our home and family.
With that being said, we are working hard at several fundraisers and even have friends out working hard too. This next one, I am super excited about.
Most of you know I’m not a jewelry person. But, when I saw these beautiful necklaces, I just couldn’t resist. Mark purchased a necklace similar to these with Emmie’s life verse on it (Proverbs 31:25). I love that necklace! Handmade Hope was started to help bring home a beautiful daughter from China. Now, Tina is reaching out to other adoptive families to help them bring home their beautiful children. We were one of the blessed families chosen by Handmade Hope to participate in this fundraiser.
Check out what I got. I am waiting, impatiently for them them to arrive in the mail (USPS decided to delay the shipment for some reason), but you can go to the website to check them out.
For our Y the Brave
Each purchase made from Handmade Hope from now until September 30th will contribute to our adoption fund. We will receive 40% of profits and if you mention our family adoption then we will receive 45%. Our goal is to raise $500 through this fundraiser.
And for my Bama friends, you must check out these!
Now is a great time to start shopping for Christmas and birthdays too! Click here to shop now.
