I don’t talk about personal stuff around these parts very often (for that, you can tune into my Twitter feed) but the time has come again to share a little news — and for those that do follow me on Twitter, this will all be very familiar.

As some of you may know, my wife and I have two children that have come to us through adoption. Both were adopted at birth. Both were adopted from the States. The first from Utah and the second from Kansas. Both have been incredible journeys and we’ve been incredibly blessed to have two rambunctious little boys in our lives.

We had been thinking of adopting again in a couple years and had been laying the groundwork to make that happen. Life has thrown as a curveball, though, and through some lucky circumstance, an opportunity to adopt has fallen into our lap again. As those who’ve gone through the adoption process know, waiting for an opportunity can often be the hardest part. Before our second successful adoption, we actually had two failed placements. As you might have guessed, we had to say yes to this situation.

The biggest problem is that we’re a little under-prepared for such an event. The birthmom is due April 20th. That’s just over a month away. And to think, this is a process we’ve already been toiling away on for a month. We’ve already completed our homestudy update but there’s still immigration, ministry approval, agency paperwork and plenty of lawyers to contend with. If you’re ever interested in the adoption process, ping me. I could talk your ear off!

With only so much time left, though, we’re also in a money crunch. Rarely am I so forward in asking for help publicly like this but after plenty of deliberation and consultation with close friends, we felt comfortable in doing so.

I invite you to check out a page I’ve put together to help explain and document our fundraising efforts: http://snook.ca/adoption/

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!

A special thank you to all of you who’ve already been so generous; generous in sharing our news, generous in your support of our decision, and generous in your help.

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