We announced about a month ago that we were adopting one more time. We've shared bits and pieces of this decision but haven't put the story out in one place. Here is a brief outline of how this new adventure came to be.
While we were in China adopting Cavin and Caffrey it was hard to not to be affected by the hundreds of orphans we met while visiting the boys' orphanages. One particular little girl was hard to forget and we had heard that there was a possibility of reusing our dossier within a year of returning. All though we felt that our family was complete, we couldn't forget this little girl. A few months after coming home Blair inquired about this girl and learned she was being adopted. We again thought is was the end of our adoption journey. However during a quiet time Blair was studying Gideon and felt God saying we needed to "throw out our fleece." I (Disa) decided this meant to at least turn our application back into our agency.
We had about 6 months left to reuse paperwork and prayed that if this was God leading the match would be in that timeframe and if it wasn't then the door wouldn't open. We heard nothing over the next 5 1/2 months. Then with 2 weeks to go we received the file of Cai. We didn't receive much info and so asked our agency to see if we could get a little more info before we made a decision. They informed us that we probably would not hear back from the orphanage so we should prepare to make a decision based on the little info we had been given. 24 hours later we were sent 2 videos and it was the confirmation we needed to say yes.
Since September we have been working to complete all paperwork to bring our new son home. The timeline on the left of our blog shows our steps along the way. We have just a few steps left and then we should be able to bring him home in early May. We will update our blog as we go if you'd like to follow this newest adventure.
In the meantime we are trying to raise the last of the fees associated with this adoption. We have our orphanage fee and travel costs left to fund. Since learning in September about this adoption we have lived off one income to help fund the adoption fees as they've come. We've recently been offered a matching grant which will hopefully fund these last 2 major expenses. We are including the link in the sidebar (Give to matching grant) if you're interested in learning more about the grant or would like to contribute. The link will take you to numbered squares $1-$150. Simply choose an amount you'd like to give and click on the square. It will then direct you to our matching grant story where you can enter the amount chosen by clicking the red DONATE button. Every dollar given will be matched for up to $4000! We are so blessed by all the positive support we have received since announcing the adoption. We look forward to introducing our new son soon!
Here is a recent picture of our son. His Chinese name is Cai and we will keep that as his middle name. He is 3 years old and will be our youngest by about 3 months. This means we will go from virtual twins to virtual triplets. His brothers are very excited to bring him home soon. Stay tuned as we will announce his new American name in the next few weeks!
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