From Charleston to China: The Clark Family's Adoption Journey

Bailor recently celebrated his second birthday! We were excited to be able to send him a cake party and a few gifts. He look so much different than the last set of photos! He looks like he is doing well and this just gets us more motivated to bring him home as soon as possible. So say a prayer that our paperwork goes through quickly and that it doesn't get held up during Chinese New Year.  Lot's of you are asking, how long until you head to China? Well here's just a peek into our process and what the timeline looks like: Lifeline Adoption Checklist The average time line for a China Medical Special Needs adoption is 12-15 months. The listing below serves as an estimate to the time line. Please know this time line is subject to change at any point and is family situation specific.  __ X _____Home study completed (3-4 months).  __ X_ ____I-800a application submitted with finalized home study to USCIS  _______Immigration approval received f...

So just so you know we are not the world's best bloggers and you might notice it has been a while since our last update, and are probably like are they still doing this ? The answer is a definite YES! And since today is Orphan Sunday , we would love to share some exciting new updates and also bring awareness on this awareness day. We've been working hard to work through the process and complete the documents and checks needed for this process.  We've been quiet in our blogs and outward information lately because we're required to do so, but we're excited to share with you this awesome news now that we can. We're proud to announce that we have been pre-approved by China to adopt a wonderful little boy that we hope to soon call Bailor Elliot Clark.  He is turning two soon! Now we've been asked, so are you going to pick him up next week? Not quite, although that would be great. What this means is that we have a goal, but still a long road a...

Thank you everyone who supported us through our t shirt fundraiser!  Thank you for your prayers and support! Scott & Mackenzie

God makes big things happen! And we know it takes faith.  If you are feeling led to donate to our adoption, please visit our fundraising page here: https://www.crowdrise.com/clarkmiracle You can also send to: Scott & Mackenzie Clark 3027 Scuba Drive Charleston, SC 29414 We are so thankful for you helping us bring home our child from China.  Thank you for your prayers and financial support! Scott & Mackenzie

Mackenzie and I have been discussing adoption for a while now and have felt God telling us it's time to take the plunge. We have partnered with a great Christian agency called Lifeline that has helped us decide on the China program where there are lots of children waiting for adoption that have special needs. For a long time we thought, we'll wait till we have the money or the right job situation, (insert reasonably rationalized excuse here), etc. , but we realized one that was never going to happen and more importantly that God is BIGGER than our plans and normally makes miracles happens in humblest of conditions. Here's what we know: from the world's view this is crazy and financially irresponsible, but we also know God likes to make crazy possible . We also have quickly realized this is not just about us getting a child but this is about a plethora of people and circumstances coming together through God's divine providence to make a miracle happen. When Je...