Dear Friends and Family

As most of you know we feel that God has called us on this journey to provide a “forever” family to a child through the process of adoption. We have started down this path of adoption and will be excited to bring a child into our home within the next six months or so. We have felt led to pursue a child from China, and we are now waiting for the specific child God has for us.

This road to adoption is full of many joys as well as challenges, the greatest joy being that we will soon have another child join our family, and the greatest challenge being finances. The costs of adoption include the expense of a home study, adoption agency, in-country fees, travel, etc., with the total cost ending up somewhere around $29,000.

We were recently awarded a matching funds grant to help with the expenses of our adoption through Hand in Hand Christian Adoption, Inc. , a non-profit operating foundation. Hand in Hand will match funds that are donated through our friends and family for the expenses of our adoption. All funds received through our friends and family will be matched dollar for dollar by Hand in Hand up to our awarded grant amount of $5,000. That means that if we raise $2,500 from friends and family, Hand in Hand will match those funds for a total grant of $5,000.  All donations are tax-deductible. Funds received over the grant amount will also go toward our adoption as long as they are postmarked by Oct. 14, 2011.

You may click on the link to the right of this post to view our grant award letter that will explain more about the matching grant program from Hand in Hand Christian Adoption, Inc. You can find out more about Hand in Hand through their website at www.handinhandadopt.org. If you have further questions about our Hand in Hand matching grant, please feel free to email us at adoptionjourneytochina@gmail.com.

Please send all donations made payable to “Hand in Hand Christian Adoption” postmarked by Oct. 14 to: (for tax purposes please include our name on the outside of the envelope only…do not put our name on the check itself)

          Hand in Hand Christian Adoption, Inc.

          James Brent and Lori Lance

18524 Juniper Street

Gardner, KS 66030-9147

Thank you for your prayerful consideration in helping a child find a “forever” family.

Walking Hand in Hand,

J. Brent and Lori Lance