Gotta Getta Calendar!!!

Lookie! Lookie! The Childers Family are Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) who are expecting to adopt from Colombia. Please go to their blog and leave a comment of encouragement. They were so gracious, and bought TWO calendars that featured families with completed Colombian adoptions from three different agencies!

The calendar will help us pay for our Colombian Attorney fee. We hope to raise about $1500 from this fundraiser. Each family featured in the calendar agreed to help me sell 9 calendars. The Lohrstorfers' are having a special Orphan Sunday at their church and will try to sell 20! The Derr Family was the first family to sell all 9! Yay! Waiting for updates from the rest of the gang and will let you know... this is one of our biggest fundraisers, and we are excited! Ben and I had 40 calendars to sell. We have 14 left!

So details if interested in purchasing: $20 each and will ship with no S&H charges! Leave me a comment if interested in purchasing one!

Thanks to all those who have purchased one thus far! Thank YOU so much!!!

to the Leberts!!

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...is THINKING beautiful!

Hope you have a BEAUTIFUL day!

Another Photo Flash!

From My Friend, Angela!

God has blessed me with so many friends from around the nation. Angela is an awesome person! You can find her story here. Thanks for submitting the photo, A! You look fabulous!

If any of you out there bought a Mentor. Foster. Adopt. Tee, please email me a photo of you in the shirt. I would like to make a collage of submitted photos for the blog header! =) You can email at wendiacklen@hotmail.com. Thanks!

Our Projected In-Country Adoption Fees & Approximate Travel Expenses

This list is according to the Colombia Adoption Fee Schedule printed from the CHI Website when we began our adoption process. I believe it has been adjusted (increased) since we applied, but I think they must honor our contract as it was written in when we started. So, as titled, these are the "projected" costs/fees for the remaining portion of our adoption.

US Domestic & International Airfare - (Approx. $1,200/adult and $100-1000 per child, depending on age) -estimated total for our family, $5,800

In Colombia Travel - (Approx. $150-200 per adult, on way) -estimated total for our family, $300

In Colombia Accommodations (room & board for 4-5 weeks) - (Approx. $4,400 for two adults and 1 child) -estimated total for our family of six, $5,400

Child's Out of Pocket Adoption Expenses (passport, medical, etc.) -( Approx. $200 per child) -estimated total for our family, $200

Colombian Attorney Fee - Approx. $1,500

Colombian Interpreter Fee - Approx. $300

Child US Entry Visa - $400

So...that's a rough $13,900 we need. Wow! Seems like a huge amount...

...but then I think about the little girl I hold in my arms at night who I call Tatiana, who talks about her sister somewhere in Colombia, or Diego who clings by my side loving his Mami, finding security in his parents, and Andrew who hugs and wrestles with his father...and I think about how insignificant $13,900 is... we are bringing home a child! How do you put a value on a child, on a human life?

We thank the many of you who have helped us through donations and blessings. Our children and our family are part of YOUR legacy. You have helped give a child a home, security, love, and so much more!

(There are also other costs associated with adoption when we return such as our re-adoption expense with family lawyer and Mississippi Birth certificates, doctor visits, and more.)

They NEED you AND YOU NEED THEM...

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What will YOU do?

Colombian Adoption Calendar

COMING SOON!!!

2011 COLOMBIAN ADOPTION CALENDAR

EACH MONTH FEATURES AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY

(WITH EXCEPTION OF ONE PHOTO TAKEN AT COLOMBIA/GUATEMALA GRASSROOTS REUNION)

WOOD FAMILY ADOPTION FUNDRAISER

THANKS TO ALL THE PARTICIPATING FAMILIES WHO SUBMITTED PHOTOS & ARE HELPING SELL THE CALENDARS! GOD BLESS!