So Elvis and I have an appointment for a consultation on Wednesday afternoon with an adoption agency here in town (Murfreesboro) called Heaven Sent Children. They sent me some literature and it's really in-depth and confusing so we've got lots of questions for them! We have a copy of their fee schedule and the breakdown of each fee and what it goes to, but even with that info I'm totally over my head and don't know how to make sense of it all. From what I can tell it's going to cost around $20,000 to adopt domestically from Tennessee and it will cost about $30,000 before personal travel expenses to adopt internationally. Holy moly!
Originally we were set on adopting domestically, but I not-so-secretly have always wanted a little Chinese/Korean/Asian doll daughter, and when my mom helped me realize how much of a presence my company (Cummins) has in China and that it will probably be pretty easy to find a host family for our mandatory 10 day to two week stay, my imagination is running wild with possibilities. Now when we meet with Stephanie at the agency next week I'll know to ask questions about international adoption as well. How could you NOT want a sweet face like this??
Katie, I have a Girl Scout that is from India whose parents adopted her using this agency. I've already spoken to her mom last year about the adoption (these are very blue collar, working class folks) and she said that they were able to obtain a ton of grants and their adoption didn't hardly cost them anything at all. Now I'm not sure if this is because of the agency or because they just lucked out, but I will definitely pry further and find out! But knowing what I know about her parents, they would easily be considered lower middle class and they managed to adopt rather easily. I will definitely pick her brain, fo' sho'! Bring on the Asian kids!
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