Franklin Family Adoption
by Jessica Franklin 1 Lives Impacted India
WE HAVE BIG NEWS! We are adopting a child from India! We are beyond excited to walk into this next season as a family, and step into the very...
We are beyond excited to walk into this next season as a family, and step into the very beginning stages of what God has planned for this incredible journey ahead. We know there will be great joys, growth, and challenges along the road to meet our child, and both of us hope our story will be a demonstration of our Heavenly Father's faithfulness, provision, and unconditional love.
As we prepare to welcome a beautiful life into our home and as part of our adoption process, we have started a crowdfunding campaign. It may surprise some of you to hear that adoption related costs can easily total up to $40,000 or more! This is why we have set a goal of $30,000 to help ease some the financial burden that can often overwhelm adoptive parents.__________
WHY INDIA?Long ago, when Jess was in high school, God placed it on her heart to one day adopt and provide a loving home and supportive family for a child in India! Not knowing what it meant at the time, she never stopped trusting in God's prompting, and has faithfully tucked away His promise and call for all these years.
What about Glen? Well, he never thought much about adoption until... Just a few short dates into their relationship, Jess shared her hope to fulfill God's call to adopt one day. While Jess knew it was bold to share this big 'God-news' so early on, she also trusted God to work out the details in Glen's heart. And lucky for her, He did!
The journey:
To learn more about the India adoption program and what our journey will look like, you can read more here: https://awaa.org/adopt/adoption-programs/india/
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What's next?
Now that God has brought us both together and has prepared our hearts for adoption, we are ready to step out in faith, put in the work, and wait in joyful anticipation for the day that we will meet our child in India, and bring our little one home!!
Our current goal is to raise enough funds for the initial application, startup, and home study fees by the time we can officially begin the paperwork: May of 2020. We are praying and working hard to reach this initial milestone goal of $8,000-$10,000 by May - October (at the latest) of next year, which is just 10- short month away!
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We hope that by inviting you into this process, you will see yourself as part of the Franklin Family and the community we hope to build around our child as he/she grows up!
Blessings,
Glen and Jessica
"Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will." - Ephesians 1:4-5
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