Hand in Hand Matching Grant

***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.

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 11^th, 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!)