Sumpter Family Adoption

It has been several months since we posted an update for our adoption plans. Currently we are still on the waiting list with our agency to be matched. About a week ago we completed the yearly renewal process on our home study. It's a general update to the paperwork we've previously completed (fingerprints, home inspection, etc). We enjoyed visiting with our caseworker, and our agency in Boise has been very helpful. God continues to bless us with a smooth process. We are thankful for where we are. We have been on the waiting list a little over a year, but we know our agency is working to get us matched. We are notified when our profile book is shown to birth mothers. Our book was shown about twenty times over the last 12 months. We have all the required adoption funds in place so we are all ready for when we are matched. We would appreciate prayers that we are matched soon. But we know that God has a perfect time for us. Thank you, Jesse and Kate

Here is an update on our adoption plans. We have been on the infant waiting list since about the end of January. We don’t have any news at this point but we want to let you know that we appreciate your support and prayers. Over the last few months, we have been notified by our agency in Boise when our profile book (pictures and letters about us) has been shown to a birth-mother. We know that our book has been shown about four or five times over the last few months. We are thankful to be where we are and we are waiting for God’s timing in this process. We appreciate the inquiries from you all about where we are. Just this week, we received another donation on our Gofundme page . We have been very encouraged by the gifts and support we have received. We have the funds in place that we need for the adoption agency. We are still saving money for our anticipated legal and travel fees. Thank you for your prayers and support. Blessings, Jesse and Kate

An adoption in Idaho can vary in cost depending on the type (foster, etc) but with the agency we are using, the average cost is about $21,000 to $24,000. These funds go to our agency to cover their important work in the process. Here are the costs for our current adoption with descriptions for each part. Registration Fee ($250): This covers the paperwork to sign up. Training ($500): This covers the two days of training(~12 hours) that we received at the agency in Boise. Home study ($600): We are assigned a local case worker who comes and inspects our home to ensure that everything is safe: baby proofed, smoke alarms, etc. The caseworker also helps us compile all the documents the agency needs to approve our home study. The paperwork is about the size of a small book (~100 pages). The caseworker reads through and checks everything for us. Infant Waiting list ($4000): This is for the waiting list and for help compiling our profile book. The profile book is a description of...

As we began the process in September, we were planning to pay for the first few steps (homestudy and waiting list) and then raise the rest of the funds while we waited on the waiting list. That is how we did it on the last adoption. However, the agency would like us to have all the money in hand before our homestudy can be approved. This way we are ready with all of the funds as soon as we are matched with an infant. This means we are not on the waiting list yet and we won't be able to be on it until we have all the funds. Given this requirement, we have started a Gofundme page. We currently have $11,000 saved for the adoption. The Gofundme amount is set at $12,000 which covers the rest of the needed funds (that is, 10,000 for placement fee and 2,000 for travel/legal fees). We decided to do an online fundraiser to let others outside of our community know about our plans and so people know how to pray for us as we pursue this adoption.  Emily Wells, Kate's sister, is h...

Happy Thanksgiving!! After spending three days of non-stop fun with both our sides of the family, here's a quick run down of our thankfulness... *good food *tasty dessert *good jobs to buy the food *song books and voices to sing *many little people around the table *cousin gift exchange *friends and relatives asking about our adoption *a good Father from whom comes all our good gifts

A friend from church contacted us when he heard that we were hoping to adopt again and he offered to raffle one of his pigs that he had raised. Wow! What fun! He generously offered a whole hog, worth around $1,000. We were so thankful! We sold each ticket for $25 or 5 tickets for $100. Lots of the folks in our community were interested (we're in a super great farming community that loves good bacon!) so we kept the raffle open for two weeks to give lots of folks a chance to enter. We had the drawing in October and our friend hosted the live feed of our drawing. We entered all the tickets in a bowl, stirred them up, and drew two names. Both of the winners are families who have adopted and we're glad they won! The money raised from the pig raffle was $2500! The money went directly to our adoption fund to cover future fees like entering the infant program and getting matched.  Click the link below to watch our video of the drawing! Sumpter Adoption Fundraiser Pig ...

For he chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will - the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. Ephesians 1:4-6