Sunday, January 16, 2005

Provision for the Journey

God sent us on the journey of adoption and made it very clear this was His plan for our family. The cost of international adoption is steep, but since we had been led on the journey, we knew the Lord would bless us and continue to provide.

We found out that my company had adoption assistance after we embarked upon the journey, this assistance amounted to $2000, we were very excited. Once we found out my company provided an adoption assistance program, Brian asked his company. Brian's company is a new company and their response was, "No, we don't have one, but it's something we might look into for next year". The lady who is responsible for the benefits at Brian's company sent Brian the new Adoption Assitance benefit plan after the first of the year. Our first response was how wonderful they will be providing this benefit, however we nearly fell over when we found out the reimbursement was $10,0000.

Just another story of how He continually provides and blesses the Howard family.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Girl this is Stacy. That is so awesome about the new baby. Madeline has grown so much!

Anonymous said...

Hello Jamie, Byan and Maddie!

I'm very new to this "blogger" business so I hope this message works! We have really enjoyed reading the latest on Maddie and the adoption! By now, you must almost be ready to leave for China!
We wish you a safe journey and look forward to seeing more pictures of Maddie and Noelle! You are in our thoughts and prayers!
Love, Aunt Jan & Uncle Jimmy