Fiscally Responsible?

Some people may think it irresponsible to undertake such an expensive endeavor as adopting when you don't have the funds available.  Some also might think it wrong for people to fundraise for an adoption.

So why are we doing it?

Kathleen and I have always planned on adopting, and the plan included saving money, and originally was a little bit farther out.  The thing is, fate brought us to Kellin.  We found him on Reece's Rainbow and something said, this is our child.  We took a leap of faith and started the process.

We have great faith in God, in our community, in our friends and in our family.  We have faith in each other.

My heart is touched by the generosity of the people in our lives.  Even some people we are barely acquainted with have been coming to our aid.  And of course there are those out on the internet who are so touched by Kellin's story they want to help him as well.  I am constantly amazed by all of this.

And by donating, the focus is helping Kellin, helping him get a home.

I also want to make sure everyone is aware of what we are doing to raise the funds.  In order to save up as much money as possible:

• We stopped going out to eat (used to average 1-2 times a week, now we have not gone out since we started the process).
• Every extra thing we do for income is going towards the adoption - coaching, summer school...
• Reimbursements from our flex account are going toward the adoption.
• We used to pay ahead on our mortgage, we are scaling that back to the required payment to save money.
• Being much more careful with purchases.
• Even our son chose to give up a birthday present.

There are also things like home improvements, and family trips that we will not be doing this summer as a way to save.

We know we can find a way to make this work.  Your help makes it easier to get Kellin home.