God is amazing isn't He? Here we are back at the Jansen Expansion Blog.....
As many of you know, Martha's adoption and our trips to Ethiopia changed us significantly. They opened our eyes and hearts more than we ever thought they would. So much so, that after completing the adoption process the first time, we always said to God that if he ever wanted us to do it again, we would be open to His call, but He would have to provide the financial resources and make it abundantly clear that it was what He was calling us to do.
Well, God has done just that! And we are excited to share that we are going to be adopting again! Through a series of circumstances and people, God HAS made it abundantly clear that we need to proceed in the pursuit of the adoption of a 14 year old young man, who is hearing impaired, from Ethiopia. If we didn't proceed at this point, we feel it would be being disobedient to what God has asked us to do. And, we know that living in God's will and plan is the absolute best place to be! We ask for your prayers as we join God on this God-sized adventure! Pray for all the necessary steps that need to happen and pray for our family and this young man as we prepare to do life as a family.
We are currently starting our Home Study, which will involve checking into almost every nook and cranny of our lives...... :-) and then we will proceed with next steps. Our hope and prayer is that this young man will be home with us by December of 2017. We know that sounds like a long time from now, but in the international adoption world, that is a pretty short timetable. We need him to be home by then, because otherwise he will turn 16 and will not be able to get him a Visa to come to the US. And, added to that......he will probably be released from the Orphanage when he turns 16 and have to live on his own.
One of the ways that God clarified this to us, is through a couple of very special people who came to us, feeling that they were called to fund about 2/3's of this adoption. When that happened, we knew God was up to something! We are eternally thankful to people who respond to God's call to help children be in a family in whichever way God has equipped them to do so. We also had wonderful friends that asked us if they could start a GoFundMe page to help cover some of the other costs....travel expenses for two trips to Ethiopia, miscellaneous paperwork costs (there are many), shots for travel, the Home Study, Sign Language Classes and more. If you feel led to help a child come home to their family by donating through that, here is the link:
https://www.gofundme.com/jansenadopt
More than anything - we ask for your prayers. God is on the move and we are thrilled to be a part of His plan!
As many of you know, Martha's adoption and our trips to Ethiopia changed us significantly. They opened our eyes and hearts more than we ever thought they would. So much so, that after completing the adoption process the first time, we always said to God that if he ever wanted us to do it again, we would be open to His call, but He would have to provide the financial resources and make it abundantly clear that it was what He was calling us to do.
Well, God has done just that! And we are excited to share that we are going to be adopting again! Through a series of circumstances and people, God HAS made it abundantly clear that we need to proceed in the pursuit of the adoption of a 14 year old young man, who is hearing impaired, from Ethiopia. If we didn't proceed at this point, we feel it would be being disobedient to what God has asked us to do. And, we know that living in God's will and plan is the absolute best place to be! We ask for your prayers as we join God on this God-sized adventure! Pray for all the necessary steps that need to happen and pray for our family and this young man as we prepare to do life as a family.
One of the ways that God clarified this to us, is through a couple of very special people who came to us, feeling that they were called to fund about 2/3's of this adoption. When that happened, we knew God was up to something! We are eternally thankful to people who respond to God's call to help children be in a family in whichever way God has equipped them to do so. We also had wonderful friends that asked us if they could start a GoFundMe page to help cover some of the other costs....travel expenses for two trips to Ethiopia, miscellaneous paperwork costs (there are many), shots for travel, the Home Study, Sign Language Classes and more. If you feel led to help a child come home to their family by donating through that, here is the link:
https://www.gofundme.com/jansenadopt
More than anything - we ask for your prayers. God is on the move and we are thrilled to be a part of His plan!
