May Adoption Update

When I first began this blog about 5 years ago, I wanted a catchy name for our blog. I wanted something meaningful and a name that represented our family. So I decided upon a play on our last name and a word that defines our lives....Love. So that is how I came up with "Love for Miles" our blog name. But the other day I was thinking about our adoption and how God is taking us on this incredible journey around the world in order to complete our family; miles and miles away from Arkansas and from our comfort zone. And that got me thinking about our blog name and that we are literally "Love for Miles". God has such a funny sense of humor and insight into our future!


We have recently received some great news on the adoption! We have been approved by Homeland Security to bring a Chinese daughter into the country! We were initially told this would be a 3-6 month process. Just like everything else on this journey so far, things have happened much quicker. It took maybe 2 months! This is one more item to check off our Dossier to China checklist.


Our other exciting news.....we have been approved for a $3000 matching grant from our church Fellowship Bible Church as well as LifeSong for Orphans! So what does this mean? It means we are asking you, our friends and family to help us reach our goal. They will match donations made on our behalf up to $3000 for a total of $6000 towards our adoption costs. Our goal to raise this money is June 30th. So we are asking you to pray for us as we continue to work to bring our daughter home and pray that we can raise this money.  We are also asking you to please consider making a tax deductible donation to help us meet this matching grant and cover the remaining $25,000 adoption expenses to bring our daughter home.


I have added a PayPal button to our blog just for donation purposes. Thank you for joining us and your continued support on our journey!