Join the Williams Family in Adoption!

Story

Hi there!

We are the Williams family, and we are adopting from the Philippines!

Our Story:

We met in February 2018 and were married in August of the same year! By early 2020, our beautiful son, Alexander, was born. He is now 5 years old and such a wonderful little boy!

Alex is the only surviving child of our 8 children over 7 pregnancies. In 2021, after our most recent miscarriage, we felt very strongly that our path to growing our family included adopting a child. We reached out to a few agencies, but they all said we didn’t qualify because we were under 27 years old.

Come July 2024, the stars aligned and we were permitted to apply to adopt by the same agency where we have been sponsoring a child since 2021! We have been working diligently since July on our home study. That is finally done and we are ready to begin fundraising!

Next Steps:

We are working on putting together our dossier, which is a compilation of documents that gets sent to the Philippines. Officials in the Philippines will review our case.

They hold matching committees and pair children who need homes with prospective adoptive parents who they feel are the right family for the child. This process is called “matching.” It can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few years before we are matched with a child. We are in the "Waiting Child" program, which means it will likely be a much quicker process! Waiting Children include those with special needs, older children, or sibling groups. We are approved to adopt a child age 6-16!

Once we are matched, we have some more US government hoops to jump through, then we will be granted travel approval! Trips will be booked, we will spend 5 days in the Philippines, and we will bring our child home!

While we have already covered the cost of the home study, psychological evaluations and medical evaluations for ourselves, medical review of child files, and initial agency fees, we are anticipating further agency and government fees of about $25,000, travel fees upwards of $10,000-$15,000, and post-placement visits and reports, adoption finalization fees, and citizenship fees of around $5,000. Any contribution you give will go directly to these remaining expenses!

Ways to support this online t-shirt CausePage fundraiser:
Shop + Give: 40% of each "We are the Village" t-shirt and or any CAUSETEAM branded merch will be donated.
Crowdfunding: 100% of cash donations (minus standard fees) will be gifted.

Thank you SO much for your love, prayer, and support as we move forward in growing our family!