Adoption Tax Credit...We Need Your Help!

We received the following email from our agency today.  They had gotten it from the Dave Thomas Foundation. PLEASE PLEASE call your Rep and urge him/her to become a co-sponsor of The Making Adoption Affordable Act, H.R. 4373!!!  If it expires we will not get the adoption tax credit, which we could REALLY use to help offset our adoption expenses.  Adoption is extremely expensive...but we believe so worth it.  Thank you for taking the time (it really only takes a few minutes!) to support us with our adoption efforts.  

Sincerely,  

Josh and Lindsey

Dear Supporter of Adoption:

If Congress does not act - the tax credit as we now know it - will expire on December 31, 2012.

If the adoption tax credit helped you or someone you know to adopt a child or if it could help you in the future to adopt a child, call your Representative today and urge that he or she cosponsor the bipartisan bill H.R. 4373, the Making Adoption Affordable Act.

Action:

We are contacting you today to urge you to call your Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. You can reach your Representative by calling the U.S. Capitol Operator at 202-225-3121 and asking for your Representative's office. If you don't know your Representative's name go to http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ and enter your zip code in the box provided.  

Message:

• I am a constituent in your district and the adoption tax credit is important to me. (It matters to me because…)
• I urge the Representative to become a co-sponsor of The Making Adoption Affordable Act, H.R. 4373.
• If Congress does not act – the credit as we now know it – will expire in December 2012.
• H.R. 4373 is bipartisan and it supports all types of adoptions (domestic private, foster care, and international adoptions).
• This tax credit has made adoption a more viable option for many parents who might not otherwise have been able to afford adoption, allowing them to provide children with loving, permanent families.
• Thank you for your support of H.R. 4373.

If you want to learn more about the adoption tax credit go to http://adoptiontaxcredit.org/

Also, “like” the Save the Adoption Tax Credit mission on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/AdoptionTaxCredit 

Also, random thoughts of today...
Even though there are situations we aren't chosen for, I know that it's because it's not the right match and there is another family that is the perfect match.  Every time we know we're being shown, though, it is difficult to NOT get excited about the possibility.  It's just a matter of leaving it in God's hands, knowing we're not in control, and trusting that our time will come.  How exciting!  It could be any moment, and we are choosing to enjoy the small things until that moment.

Another Situation

We had another situation just outside our profile key earlier in the month.  After researching the situation and praying about it, we decided to be shown.  We weren't chosen, but we know that baby went to the family that he/she is meant to be in.   We are in the 8th month now waiting for a match, so we are starting to feel impatient.  We know that it will happen when it's supposed to happen, but we just want the time to be YESTERDAY!!!  or LAST WEEK!  It is what it is, though, and it WILL happen when it's supposed to happen.  We keep reminding ourselves that average time is about a year and we haven't gotten there yet.  However, our DD was born right before the last Summer Olympics, so wouldn't it be cool to have another baby during THIS Summer Olympics?  I guess time will tell.  It will probably happen when we least expect it.....but when is that?!!!

BTW- we had our second home visit last week.  It went well.  We love our social worker, she's great!  She knows we are getting impatient and is very empathetic.  She can't wait to change our lives soon (hopefully) with THE CALL.