Sumpter Family Adoption

“His compassions fail not. They are new every morning.” (Lam 3:22-23) God’s grace is constant and steady. Every day holds a lot of common and ordinary graces that everyone shares: breath, life, food, clothes, sleep, work, and laughter. And then some days God offers us a large dose and it reminds us of how surprising all his gifts are. We don’t own any of our days or any of our breathes. They are all gifts and they all come unbidden. God is superabundant and he just gives. Kate and I have been waiting and praying for our adoption for over three years. It was a long wait. Life was busy and God was very kind to us, providing us with friends to pray for us and also giving us the funds for the adoption itself. We were very thankful for those things. Very regularly we would have people ask about our adoption and tell us they were praying for us. Those quick conversations were encouraging little reminders from God. It was a whirlwind when God matched us with Pilgrim. We found out about the ba...

February 2022 We have been matched! Read More Here Our current need is donations for travel and legal fees. The baby boy is about 6 hours away and so Jesse is travelling every weekend to see Kate and the baby. The baby is in the NICU and he will be there until about middle of April. So Jesse will be travelling about 10 times over the next few months. Helping cover the travel fees would be a great blessing to us. We estimate travel fees to be $1000. To finalize the adoption we will need to hire a lawyer to set up all the paperwork for the court. This will happen in about 10-12 months. We are estimating that legal fees will be about $2000. We are very thankful for all the support we have received. Thanks to all the many donations! Ways to Donate: GoFundMe page PayPal: paypal.me/jessesumpter Cash App: $JesseSumpter Check: Use Contact Form at bottom for Mailing Info Ronald McDonald House Kate Sumpter #203, 139 East Warm Springs Avenue, Boise, Idaho 83712

Feb 8 2022 We are pleased to introduce our son Pilgrim Richard Gardner Sumpter. God is good. Pilgrim was born January 19 at 8:33pm. He was born at 27 weeks. He was 2lbs 4oz and 14inches. He is now at 30 weeks or 3 weeks from birth. He is doing very well for being a premie. He has regained his birth weight and is going strong. We have been working with our adoption agency for a little over three years. We met our son on Feb 4. Our caseworker told us that we had submitted our profile books to the agency on that very same day three years ago. It has been a long journey. We decided on the name Pilgrim because our son has a journey in front of him still. We have all been on a journey and we now get to share our journey together. Our son's full name means a wandering noble gardener. To wander as a pilgrim around in God's world is a blessing. We don't always know where God is leading us but He is a good father and He has prepared the journey and the destination for us. Bunyan'...

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...