Dear friends and family,
We are so thankful that we are at the next major step in our adoption process. We are matched with Suubi, a precious four and a half year old little girl in Uganda. She is blind with severe developmental delays, and has been in the orphanage for a year. Mark and I are headed to Uganda at the end of June to obtain legal guardianship of Suubi and bring her home. We will then finalize her adoption when we are back in the U.S. We are excited and overwhelmed at the same time. This trip will require Mark to be gone for two weeks and Erika for anywhere between five and eight weeks. We know it will be difficult to be away from our boys and there will be many challenges. We covet your prayers during this time.
As you can imagine this kind of travel will require quite a financial investment. Erika has submitted many applications for adoption grants, in the hopes of receiving some financial assistance. We received word this week from the orphan aid organization, Sowing Roots, that they are offering us a matching grant for up to $2500. This means any donation we receive toward our adoption can be given through Sowing Roots, as a tax-deductible donation, and they will match up to $2500. So, we have the potential to raise $5000.
It is very humbling to once again be in a place of asking y’all to consider giving. So many of you have already sacrificially given, whether monetarily, donating to and helping with yard sales, buying necklaces, getting haircuts at our Hair-Cut-a-Thon fundraiser, personally raising support or praying for us. So please know we are SO thankful and if you have already given in any form or fashion, we humbly say
THANK YOU!!
If you do seek the Lord and He impresses you to give in this way then
THANK YOU!!
You can mail your donation in the form of a check to:
Sowing Roots
5222 76th Ave. Ct. W.
University Place, WA 98467
Please put Chap2013 in the notes field so the donation will be applied to our adoption.
You will be mailed a receipt for your tax-deductible donation. They will be accepting donations for us through June 20th. These funds will go toward paying for travel in Uganda, paying our guide, for Suubi’s medical exam, visas and lawyer fees.
You can follow our journey at www.everchangingchapmans.blogspot.com We also have a private facebook group that will have frequent updates. Just send us a message on fb asking to be added and we will do it!
Thank you for journeying with us!
Almost on our way,
Erika, Mark, McCall, Haig and Eli Chapman …..and soon, Suubi!
