Steven Curtis Chapman - When Love Takes You In

One Step at a Time

We are in the paperwork phase right now... home study is done, passports are on there way, I 600a has been filed and we are waiting for approval, a few grant applications are in the mail and now we have more grant applications to fill out and complete our dossier. For one of our adoption grants we are applying for it required us to include our adoption testimony. We thought we would share it here. "It is the love and grace of God that has led us into adoption. His love in our hearts gives us a love for the fatherless that we would not otherwise have. His grace has given us this ministry as we have prayed for years for something meaningful and fruitful we could do for Him. We are on our 4th adoption and the entire family is very excited about it:) "

CHRISTMAS CARDS and VARIETY PACK of CARDS FUNDRAISER

With Christmas just around the corner we thought these cards would make GREAT GIFTS to give this Christmas Season. All of the photos have been taken by our son Tim who is 18 years old. There are 2 choices to pick from : Christmas Cards ( set of 5 cards with envelope ) or Variety Pack ( 5 cards with envelopes: Happy Birthday , Get Well, Thinking of You , Friends, Thank You ) Each set of 5 cards costs $20. Please consider purchasing these cards to help change the life of a child . THANK YOU !!! You can purchase these cards by going to our fundraising page: www.youcaring.com/adoption-fundraiser/growing-by-2-feet/97894 or paypal or email me for other options. Please post a comment with your payment with which set of cards you would like or email us the information at pilcherfamily@msn.com

IT'S GO TIME :)

Hello and welcome to the Pilcher family. David and Lisa, married for 20 years, and 6 children, Tim ( 18 ), Matt ( 13 ), Stephanie ( 10 ), Nathaniel ( 9 ), Jamari ( 4 ), and Allie ( 2 ). Although we are already blessed to have six beautiful children, three biological and three adopted, we are still burdened for other children that need a family to call their own, Our hearts are drawn to a beautiful little four year old girl with special needs in a Ukrainian orphanage. My wife and I and all of our children are excited about giving a loving home to another child who currently has no family or home of their own. While we have enough love in our home to share with another child, we do not have enough money in our wallets to bring this little girl home without some help from others. That is why we are posting this request for help to finance her adoption. It is out of our comfort zone to ask for help like this but it is worth it if it helps make it possible to adopt this girl. Having already adopted three, we are quite familiar with the ups and downs and the costs of the adoption process. This adoption however will take us into new challenges as it is our first venture into international adopting. To adopt from Ukraine requires two lengthy trips to the country. Although we have not been to or adopted from Ukraine in the past , we have hosted orphans from Ukraine multiple times so we do have some familiarity with the Ukrainian orphanage system and we do know many key contacts in Ukraine to help us with the adoption process. So we have the heart to make this adoption happen but as already mentioned, we don't have all of the finances needed. All told, when you add up the costs, which includes paperwork fees, program fees, home study, facilitators, in country fees, travel expenses ( including significant lost work time ) and attorney fees, the total cost will likely exceed $25,000. That is why we are using this site as one of the many means to try and raise the money needed to make this adoption happen. We just ask you follow your heart, follow your convictions, abd follow your wisdom as you consider this need and what to give, if anything, to help. You can also help by sharing the need with family and friends if you think any of them would be interested in helping. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! The Pilcher Family To donate go to the following link.

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