Dear Friends and Family, October
28, 2016
Twenty years ago, God
set us out on a journey as husband and wife. During that time, we have grown to
love one another and Christ more every day. You have watched our family grow
from just the two of us to having two special blessings in Elly and Samuel.
Today, we would like to include you on our journey to our next blessing…our
journey to adopt a child from India!
God has placed the call
of adoption on our hearts and when God places a burden on your heart, the only
thing you can do is take action. This happened once before with Elly and now we
start the journey again! In the past few weeks, God has confirmed to us that
NOW is our time to adopt. God has spoken time and time again to us through His
body of believers!
A verse that speaks to
us specifically is James 1: 27; “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and
faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to
keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” As Christians we are called to support
adoption, because we ourselves are adopted through Christ. We might not all be
called to adopt a child, but we are all called to support the orphans and
widows! We are so thankful that God has called us to adopt…to be His hands and
feet! What an honor!
We are in the initial
stages of our adoption journey. At this time we have chosen an adoption agency
(Children of the World) and are starting the homestudy process. Unfortunately,
the process of adoption requires that we step out on faith and be stretched in
ways that are out of our comfort zone. We are so thankful that we have the
means to provide for a child’s daily needs, but the reality is there is a
substantial amount of money needed to bring this child home. Would you be
willing to enter into this journey with us?
Adopting from India will
cost us about $26,000. Seems like a lot, but we know that our God already has
it covered. This is where you and others come in! There are a couple of ways
that you could financially support us now and in the future. Linda has started
a blog that chronicles our adoption journey (cumby.blogspot.com). On our blog
is a link that allows you to make a donation to our adoption through our
GoFundMe page (https://www.gofundme.com/cumbyadoption). If you would rather
send a check by mail, that would be fine as well. Either way, your donation
will be used for the sole purpose of bringing our child home. Several payments are
due NOW - $1900 for the homestudy to be completed and also $2300 to our
adoption agency (application fee/portal fee/service fee #1)*. Any amount you
feel led to give will be much appreciated and will bring us one step closer to
bringing our child home! In addition, we are planning on having several
adoption fundraisers. Follow along on the blog so that you can know when we are
doing each fundraiser.
This letter has been one
of much prayer and thought. Honestly, this may be the hardest thing that God
has ever told us to do. We have struggled with the thought of asking you to
support us. But, we also know that God uses His people for His purposes. We
would be honored to know that you are willing to help us bring our child home.
We are humbly on our knees before God, knowing that He will do great things
through our faith in Him!
We cannot wait to share
with you the ways the God is going to move mountains and is going to fight to
bring our child home! Stay tuned…God is just getting started! Thank you so much
for your prayers and your financial support! No words could ever express our
gratitude for your love of our family!
Our contact information:
The Cumby Family
2628 Marrow Dr.
Newport News, VA 23606
931.980.4897
lindacumby@yahoo.com
blog – cumby.blogspot.com
GoFundMe Page - https://www.gofundme.com/cumbyadoption
Blessed beyond measure!
Tim, Linda, Elly, and
Samuel Cumby
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