Praying About Africa

A couple months ago I posted that Chris and I would be traveling to Africa next year on a trip with HPC. Now we are seriously praying about another route to Africa. As you know, we have always felt in our hearts an urging to adopt at least one African orphan. Recently we have been feeling that we should adopt our next child from there. If we did, we would begin around Presley’s first birthday in April of next year, and we aren’t sure whether we would then be able to also go on a mission trip in the summer. International adoption to Africa costs between $20,000-30,000 dollars with a lot of legal fees, translation costs, documentational fees, etc. However, we feel this is a small ransom to pay for a child’ life. We would pay millions of dollars to keep Presley safe, so why not for another deserving, innocent child?

I say all that to say this- please be in prayer for us. We know that God wants us to take care of His orphans, but we just want to make sure the timing is right. We also will need support raising money. The good news is that Chris’ new company gives a $4,000 allowance towards the costs, and you get a $10,000 tax credit back over the course of a few years. However, we would still have to come up with all that money up front through grants, fundraising, and interest free loans from Christian organizations. We believe that if it is God’s will, He will provide a way.

Thanks in advance for your prayers, and enjoy these pics of Pres!