Basically here is what is left to pay:
Orphanage Donations for each child = approximately $12,000 total ($6,000 for each child)
In Country Fees = $3,000
For a grand total of approximately $15,000 still needed to be fully funded.
AND ....before you get your panties in a wad about the orphanage "donation" - please consider this:
This money is used to help reimburse the orphanage system for 4-5 years worth of care for our children ...and one of our children had open heart surgery for crying out loud!
This is seriously such a gross under-payment for anything and everything these two children have required in food, nurture, education and medical care over the last 4-5 years.
As I have said before, Chinese culture is a very complicated one. Unless you have lived there, or experienced the orphan and adoption scene for yourself ...I encourage you to please be careful about rushing to any judgments. Even those of us who have adopted from there, we still really have no idea what is is like for the families who actually live there and the kind of "choices" they are required to make each and every day ...most of which we in this country will never, ever have to come close to.
If you have any questions or concerns about any of our adoption expenses, experiences ...really anything at all, please feel free to comment or contact me. I am happy to share.
Thank you all again for your prayers and support!
Rant over, night!
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