$ Tuesday's Tally $

I guess this could belong in the FAQ's category because people are always asking us how much the adoption will cost. Our adoption will cost us about $15,000 total. Some of that amount is paid along the way and the remainder is due at placement (when we bring our baby home.) It has been amazing to see everyone's willingness to pray for God's provision for this financial need and to be so generous.

We were really encouraged several months ago when we learned that Congress had passed an extension on the Adoption Tax Credit, which was set to expire at the end of 2010. Now, it is extended to the end of 2011 at least and has been increased to $13,000! We believe this is a great opportunity to see adoption fundraising dollars multiplied over and over again. For example, when we receive our tax credit, we are planning the give whatever amount of that total that we raised to our church's adoption fund. So, other families who are called to adopt will have funds available. Hey, if the government is going to help us out we want to make the most of it! So, we hope to raise as much as we possibly can this time around!!!

I will start posting a "Tuesday's Tally" each week to let you know about the progress we are making in our fundraising. Today I deposited the $2,231.50 we raised at our yard sale. Yippee!!! The sad thing is, Sam is really disappointed! The boys knew that we were having the yard sale to raise money for the adoption. Apparently, he thought we would have a baby immediately because when we left the bank he started crying and said, "They didn't give us our baby!" Uh oh! I guess there's more explaining to do.

I'm really excited about our next fundraising project! We will be offering mini photo sessions for families to have their picture made by a professional photographer. We will be holding these mini-sessions Saturday, November 13th. For $50 you will have your photo taken and receive an edited jpeg image of the best photo from the session that you can use for Christmas cards, gifts and such. We will have more information soon, but I wanted to let you know the save the date and spread the word!