Thornburg Adoption Travel

Story

In January 2020, our family was packed and ready to bring home our daughter from China. Days before stepping on a plane, we received a call from our adoption agency with the somber news that borders were closed, and we would no longer be allowed to enter China to finalize our adoption until further notice due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

What was expected to simply be a small delay turned into months and then years of uncertainty. Through it all, we never stopped waiting, praying, and hoping for our girl to come home. As we anticipate the opportunity to travel and prepare for the need to travel with little notice, we have been told to expect travel costs to be much higher than what we had planned and expected in 2020.

We will need to be able to cover the costs for flights for two adults to and from China and one ticket for our newly adopted daughter to join us on our flight back to the United States. Our adoption agency has been holding our funds needed for our time in country (guide, flights within China, orphanage donation, etc.) These costs may also have increased during the wait, so we are preparing ourselves for a variety of unexpected costs to arise. We have been humbled and grateful for friends and family who have helped us financially and through prayer since the very beginning.

Recently, friends close to us have been checking in on the status of our adoption and asking how they can support us through donations. Our Causepage offers the perfect opportunity for friends and family to give if they desire on a trustworthy platform.

Ways to support this online CausePage fundraiser:

Shop + Give: 40% of any purchase (CauseTees, mugs, notecards + more) is donated back to the 'Thornburg Adoption Travel' CausePage. 

Crowdfunding: Give a direct donation locatied at the bottom of this page and 100% of the cash donation (minus fees) will be gifted.

 

Thank you for staying by our side through such a difficult journey.