Formal Application

We sent the formal application in and we had to choose what country we wanted. We really had no preference where- knowing kids need homes from every country. So we leaned on God to direct our path. I prayed that the country he wanted us to adopt from would be clear. We went through the different countries available ( also checking on line for countries that Bethany did not do adoptions) . Many countries were a no right a way. Guatemala, China were closed for adoption at this time. Russia was at least $50,000 (minimum) to adopt, and we just didnt feel like that was right for us. We wrote Haiti on the application. We both have been there on mission trips and thought this was where. We sent in our application and it came back that we were not eligible for Haiti. We both had to be 30 to start the process. ( even though we would both be over 30 by the time we adopted they said NO) We were not sure what to do, but God is in control. Ethiopia was the other country and asked to apply for Ethiopia. Within the next day we were accepted and knew this was what God wanted. So we started our process.