Building Our Ark

Fundraising campaign by Chris and Helen Phelps
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I wanted to start this off with an introductory testimony, I want to use this testimony not to share un-rest but to share my heart. Over the years I think we can get complacent and start feeling weary in where we are in life. That happened to my wife and I and we started wondering if our Church was where we should be, those thoughts had been there several times but we never had the courage to act on it, until one day this summer when we were really going through a dark spot in our hearts about our church. We chose to visit another local church, my wife went in the morning because I have a ministry at my church that I couldn’t just up and leave, then in the evening service we both went to this church. In this service the announcements came up they said that they are having a Missions Conference and one of the missionaries just happen to be one that I met over 20 years ago at church camp. Now that our pity party is over, we prayed for God’s guidance and restoration of our hearts. That testimony however, I feel has significance on what I am going to say next and what our prayer is. My wife and I have been married for 7 and a half years, she was blessed with a child before we met which I have adopted and he will be turning 18 this week. We have had a desire for another child and we know medically that simply won’t happen. Here is where the story picks up, see I don’t believe God sends the burning bush to speak to us, but I do believe the Holy Spirit is very much alive and speaks. If it was not for that one Sunday, we would not have known the missionary’s were going to come to Topeka. If we didn’t know they were coming to Topeka, we we wouldn’t have known to invite them to our house for lunch, if we didn’t invite them to lunch we wouldn’t have been able to hear how God has blessed them with 3 children whom they have adopted. We wouldn’t have been able to hear the story how preachers have had girls in their congregation that were pregnant and needing someone to adopt. They called this missionary and they now have 3 they have adopted. With the signs of what transpired, I am feeling very led that our child is going to come from someone in our circle of influence that needs to find an adopting family. Our prayer is we are united with our child. It has been said when the dream is big enough, the facts don't count. If we take it a little farther. and we say When God's will is too big for us to accomplish it, He will supply the means to. We are asking for you to partner with us first in prayer, if you are reading this please keep us in your prayers, and then we are asking for you to partner with us financially, below is a fee schedule of what it takes to adopt a child in Kansas. Chris and Helen Phelps

FEE SCHEDULE

$350- application fee (due at the time of application and includes background checks for 2 people)

$75- per each additional person age 10 and over in the family for initial background checks

$500- adoptive parent orientation/education fee (paid in full at the first class)

$1000- home study fee (due at the time of the home study)-a home study is good for one year

$2,700 guidance and support fee (due after home study visit and before being placed on the waiting list).

$6,000 - $15,000 -Placement fee (based on 8% of combined gross income-due at the time of placement).

$5000 -Additional costs such as legal fees to cover the relinquishment of the baby, medical expenses for

            the birth mother that are not covered by her insurance, medical expenses for the baby, possible

l            living expenses for the birth mother, and mileage expenses could be assessed

$22,625- Total Adoption fees

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For your partnership with us in building our Ark, we will supply you a picture of our new baby, when God supplies us with our new child. We ask that with this picture it will serve as a reminder to keep the baby in your prayers.

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  • Posted On Oct 24, 2012
  • In honor of Grandma Lana on her Birthday. Love Jay

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  • Posted On Oct 24, 2012
  • In honor of Grandma Lana on her Birthday. Love Jay

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US$100.00
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