Bad financial day-we were notified that we were not chosen for the final grant we had been waiting on. For this grant you had to specify an amount so we asked for $3,500. That is roughly the remaining amount we need to complete the adoption. In an attempt to be completely honest and forthcoming I did contact this grant agency in weeks prior to let them know we had received other grants since we submitted our initial application in October 2013. I don't regret telling the truth for a minute but I do think receiving other grants did not help us in this specific situation. We were, however, offered an interest-free loan from them but we passed. We don't want to incur any more debt.
I hate this side of adoption. I wish it didn't have to be about the money. I want to be honest with all of you that this is definitely a part of any adoption but please don't read this wrong, especially the many of you that have donated, bought t-shirts, and prayed for every step of the way. We appreciate everything you have done for us! We just still have more to pay for :)
And then the adoption agency emailed (yes today) to request a wire of $1,680 for the in-country flight and hotel in Noah's province. Our excitement for the week ahead is slightly clouded by all the dollar signs. We are so looking forward to meeting Noah, though. His suitcase is packed and ours might as well be. We're loving the extra time together with the recent snow storm in North Georgia. We leave in 8 days.
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