October 19th 2011 - Mountain Fog and the Pearl

     There are some very emotional aspects to adoption which cannot be minimized. There are also some very practical aspects to the process that cannot be minimized either. These include the paperwork, travel included, the practicalities of having a larger family for example. Maybe the most seemingly insurmountable peak is that of finance that is needed, let’s suffice it to say that adopting in this way is not terribly cheap, in fact it very costly. In the Bible Jesus told of the man who spotted a pearl he wanted in fact the pearl that desired greatly, he went and sold all to purchase it. When he had sold and purchased it he was the proud owner of a pearl at great price. He did pay much but he was in possession of the pearl, we feel this way as the addition to our family will be very costly but in the end we will have another a new member in our family.
The plan for this blog is not to drum up finance and fundraising ideas or events, but rather to give you a peek into the financial aspect of this adventure. We are very confident that provision will be there when needed and this will come from varied sources.
The 19^th of Oct is very special on this front as today we received two bits of good news, firstly my mom and dad called back to say that if we wanted to borrow some money from the  life insurance policy they took out on my when I was born we can. This would be without penalty and almost without cost because of the way that it is written out we only have to pay back 5 % of what we borrow.  This was quite amazing news and my mom uttered the memorable line…

                   

‘who knew that when we took out this policy when you were a baby that some of that money may be used for another baby’

     That was quite a special phone call with them, of course their excitement is extremely unbridled. Fast forward a couple of hours and an email came through from friends who wrote that they wanted to help us and be part of the joy as well. In the email it stated that they were going to transfer some money to our American account, what amazing news to have friends standing with us in this way. Do you know what that feels like? To have people give you money a true gift offering, nothing expected in return but our gratitude and news of how it’s going. In one night the mountain has started to be scaled, the summit is a long way off but it can be seen through the breaks in the clouds and fog.