GREAT NEWS! We've decided to adopt two children from Ukraine! We're so excited to give Andriy and his little sister Katya an opportunity to be part of a family and to experience God's love. 

Please read about our adoption journey at http://withopenheartsandopenarms.blogspot.com

We've started a fundraiser on Pure Charity to raise the funding that we need to make our adoption a success. We have a donations goal of $6,200 that will go towards the initial cost of the adoption. We've had to break down that goal into several different phases, per the request of our agency. 

We have currently met out initial goal of $3500 - Praise GOD and THANK YOU! 

We are now hoping to meet our goal of an additional $2900 that will cover our dossier fee.

Every donation is important and will help make this adoption a success. The total cost of the adoption, will range from $34,000-42,000.  Also, we would appreciate your willingness to share this with others who may want to participate. 

We'd like to be transparent as possible about our adoption journey.  Here are the adoption costs we are anticipating over the next three months:

Agency Service Fees:

Homestudy Fee: $5,000 (PAID)

Payment One: $4,000: ($3500/child. $500 additional fee for sibling group) 

Payment Two: $2,200 Due at Dossier authenticating

Immigration Forms: $1,600 (PAID)

International Fees:

Foreign Fee (payable to adoption facilitator): $18,000-20,000

Orphanage Donation (mandatory): $3,000

Child Related Expense (medical, immigration,etc): $1,500/child

Travel Expenses: $3,500/person 

Thank you so much for being a part of our lives and helping bring Andriy and Katya home! May God bless you abundantly for your kindness, support and generosity!