***UPDATE: Praise God! As of today, Friday January 4th, we were notified we have $1,415 in our Hand in Hand account. Remember all donations must be postmarked by Friday January 11th. There is one only more week left to complete the matching grant!***
As promised here is our Hand in Hand fundraising letter that includes details on how to give towards our matching grant.
As promised here is our Hand in Hand fundraising letter that includes details on how to give towards our matching grant.
Dear Family and Friends,
As many of you may have already
heard, we are excited that God has called us on a new journey to provide a
“forever” family to a child through the process of adoption. At the beginning of this year, we started down
this path and God directed us to the country of Ethiopia. Although the time frame may be variable,
between 12-24 more months from now, before we bring our son home, we have
already chosen to name him Boaz.
We know this road will be full of
great joys and great challenges. We look forward to the joy and blessing of opening
our hearts and home to another son but at this time one of the greatest
challenges is the financial responsibility.
The costs of adoption include the expense of a home study, adoption
agency fees, appropriate government paperwork, travel expenses, etc., with the
total cost ending up somewhere around $35,000.
We know that God is faithful
and He is asking us to trust him.
Through His’ provision, we were
recently awarded a matching funds grant to help with the expenses of our
adoption from Hand in Hand Christian Adoption, Inc. a non-profit private
operating foundation. Hand in Hand will
match any funds that are donated through our friends and family for the
expenses of our adoption. All funds
received through our friends and family will be matched dollar for dollar by
Hand in Hand up to $3,000, once matched totaling $6,000. All donations are tax-deductible.
Please find enclosed a grant award
letter that will explain more about the matching grant program from Hand in
Hand Christian Adoption, Inc. You can find out more about Hand in Hand
through their website at www.handinhandadopt.org.
If you have further questions about the Hand in Hand matching grant program
please feel free to give us a call or email us.*(for the purposes of the blog you can ask questions by leaving a
comment below and we will contact you directly)* You may also contact Hand
in Hand Christian Adoption, Inc. with any questions you may have. They can be reached at 913-248-5015 or by
e-mail at handinhandadopt@gmail.com.
If you would like to be an
integral part of bringing Boaz home, please send all donations made payable to
“Hand in Hand Christian Adoption” postmarked by January 11th, 2013 to:
(For tax purposes please include our name on the outside of the envelope only. Please do not put our name on the check
itself).
Thank you for your prayerful
consideration of investing in our family.
It is our hope to continue to keep you updated as
our adoption proceeds with details as we receive them. Please pray this entire
process will glorify God and fulfill His purposes!
Walking Hand in Hand,
The Wolfe Family
Hand in Hand has also recommended we post our grant award
letter. The link for the letter is here. Thank you so much to all who have donated and prayed up to this point! We are blessed. (We know we say that a lot - but we truly are!)
