Our adoption: help us raise $20,000 in 20 Days!

 

October 1, 2015

Dear Family and Friends:

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter.  As many of you know, we have begun the journey of adding another child to our family through adoption.  God placed adoption on our hearts from the very beginning of our relationship when we knew Laura may not be able to conceive.  Furthermore, we have long resonated with the truth that God adopted us into His family and we want to adopt a child into ours.  God blessed us abundantly with James, but with Laura's high-risk pregnancy, our desire to adopt was confirmed.

We prayed for months about which adoption route to take.  Through the encouragement of friends, we have chosen to do a private closed adoption through an attorney in Florida.  We would be glad to discuss why we chose Florida over Colorado with anyone interested, but we want to keep this letter as brief as possible as to not bore anyone :).

 We need to raise $25,750 for our adoption.  We want to be transparent about where every dollar is going, so please see the attached financial breakdown.  We would love for you to partner with us financially in giving a child a home.  This letter marks the beginning of our fundraising campaign "$20,000 in 20 Days", which will hopefully raise the majority of our funds.  Our goal is to get 1,000 people to donate $20 a piece in 20 days (October 1-20)!!!  Here's how you can get involved:

 
1. Donate $20 online at www.youcaring.com/anotherlittlestrebeck or mail a check made out to C. Wesley and Laura Strebeck to 4431 O'Brien Drive Loveland, CO 80528.  Please write "adoption" in the memo line.  Feel like you could donate more than $20?  Consider donating $20 for each person in your household.

2. If you are on Facebook, please add your friends to our "$20,000 in 20 Days" event. If you do so, please contact them via phone, text, or Facebook messenger to point them to the event.  Also, feel free to forward our fundraising e-mail or talk to your friends in person (postcards available to hand out upon request).

3. PRAY PRAY PRAY! Please pray for the three of us, our future baby and his/her biological parents, and our adoption attorney.

4.  Raising a child takes a village!  We hope you will be part of that village when our baby arrives.

Again, thank you for taking the time to read this letter.  We would love to discuss any and all questions that you have via phone or in person.  Please feel free to reach out to us.

 

With love and gratitude,

Wes, Laura, and James Strebeck

 

 

Wes: 303-656-5512, w.strebeck@gmail.com

Laura: 970-749-6932, laura.strebeck@gmail.com


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Adoption: Financial Breakdown

Attorney fees: $10,000

Biological mother support: $8,500

Home study: $2,000

Interstate Compact for Child Placement (ICPC) forms: $2,000

Plane tickets for Wes, Laura, & James to Florida when the baby is born: $1,000

Hotel for three weeks in Florida: $1,500

Rental car for three weeks in Florida: $750

Grand total: $25,750

***In the event that we fundraise over $25,750,
the overage will be put into a savings account for our adopted baby.***