As you all know by now, we’ve officially been matched to adopt a baby boy in early December! We are so excited to welcome this precious child into our family! We also love our birth mama. She is a strong, courageous, and loving woman. She’s had a hard go of things, particularly in the last year or so. We really want this adoption to be a blessing for her and her family, and an opportunity to start fresh.
Because of the amazing support of our friends, family, and church, we’ve been able to pay for all the adoption expenses so far without any problems. We are so thankful for your generosity!
That being said, at this point, we’ve come to the end of the funds we’ve raised so far, and still have expenses that need to be covered, and soon. We need to come up with another $4,000 to pay for the remainder of the adoption expenses, plus another $3,000-4,000 for our travels to pick up the baby in Florida. We’re looking at another $6,000-7,000 that need to be raised in the next month at the longest, if not the next few weeks, and it’s pretty overwhelming.
We’ve applied for several adoption grants, but we may not hear back on any of them for several more weeks. We will take out a loan if we need to, but we’d really like to avoid that as much as possible since Lynsey will no longer be working once we bring our baby home.
We have been overwhelmed by the support we’ve received throughout this process, and it’s incredibly humbling to have to ask for more.
If you’re local to us, our church’s annual cider press event is this Saturday, October 29th, from 10am-2pm at Sanctuary Church in Gresham. For more information, and to reserve your cider, visit the Pressing Needs website. This year's cider press fundraiser will be supporting a foster care ministry, as well as two adoptive families, including ours.
If you aren’t local, or would just like to make a direct donation to our adoption account, you can use PayPal or YouCaring to do so. If you'd like your donation to be tax-deductible, you can write and mail a check to Gresham Bible Church with "Bock Adoption" in the memo line.
If 300 people donated just $20, we'd have what we need. Obviously, some people can't afford that much, and some people can do more. If you can contribute any amount, we'd be incredibly grateful.
Love,
Jason & Lynsey
