We went to the informational meeting at Bethany Christian Services last night! It was awesome, and we are extremely excited! It has given us new hope in our adoption journey.
First of all, most placements occur in state, which we deeply desire. Also, though they mainly do semi-open adoptions, they will also do fully open adoptions, which we also desire. So that is excellent news. In addition, the price is significantly easier to handle! Remember, the first place we contacted was for profit, and Bethany is not for profit. Out the door, the adoption should run around $25-28K. That is so much more manageable for us. After the federal adoption tax credit we would get, our out of pocket costs would run approximately $12-15K. Between my adoption bracelets and jewelry sales, our fundraisers, etc., this should be doable.
There are some downsides, of course. There is a 12-24 month wait time for matching. That's on top of the 2-6 month wait time for paperwork processing. And there's the possibility of an additional wait because we are gender specific (we want a baby girl.)
All in all, the additional waiting is rough but necessary, considering the fact that this is a third the cost of the first place we talked to. Our plan is to start the paperwork and home study sometime this year, and at that point we will start the clock to be matched. It could be years, or it could be months. It just all depends on God's timing...He knows when our baby girl will be born.
Love to All.
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