Alaska to Africa Adoptions -Waarvik
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We are currently in Uganda working to bring our boys, Granger and Emerson, back home to Fort Yukon, Alaska. We have a critical need for funding to cover the rest of the boys' in-country fees, a driver for another month, the boys' airline tickets back to the US, and all of our airline tickets back to Alaska, including the Bush flight out to our village.
Please consider helping us fill this need. Our boys are amazing and we are so excited to have them in our family. We have been working on adding to our family through adoption since 2011 and have made considerable sacrifices to save the money needed. We moved from Tennessee to a remote Arctic village in Alaska in order to get a higher paying job that enabled us to adopt our son Jonas from Uganda in 2013. While in Uganda, we met "Emerson" at an orphanage and had an instant attachment to him. We decided to remain in the Alaskan Bush to continue saving money so we could return and adopt him.
Emerson was born without legs, has a short tongue making him unable to speak, and has other major medical needs. He needs surgery in the US to hopefully fix his tongue and the other issues. Life for people in Uganda with needs like Emerson can be very difficult, as no assistance is available to them and they are shunned by their families and society. We have had Emerson in our home for several weeks and have watched him flourish with the love and attention he gets from our family.
While our intention was to adopt Emerson, for almost a year it seemed like adopting him would be impossibile. Since adoption and Uganda were still on our hearts, we accepted Granger's referral. Months later we found out that we had been chosen to adopt Emerson. And once we said yes to Granger, there was no way we were going to change our minds!
While Granger does not have the extreme medical conditions that Emerson has, he suffers from past abuse and severe malnourishment. We have not been able to keep Granger in our care as the court system is moving slowly. While the orphanage where Granger resides cares for their kids, funding is difficult. Granger's hair is yellow, a sign of a dangerous protein deficiency. Just as much as Emerson, he needs a loving family that can provide for him.
Besides making financial sacrifices to save up money for our adoptions, we have also done a lot of fundraising. Some have been successful (buythebeard.weebly.com) and some have not, but we have been able to raise all the money required to get us to this point in Uganda with all of our agency fees and most of our travel costs paid. However, we still have thousands of dollars in travel costs and in country fees remaining, and we have nearly exhausted our personal accounts. We've also exhausted our loan options. We are here on the profound belief that God will provide for us on the final steps of this adoption and allow us to bring these boys home, just as He has provided for us every step of the way.
Please consider helping us bring these amazing boys home.
Joe and Alice Waarvik
Please consider helping us fill this need. Our boys are amazing and we are so excited to have them in our family. We have been working on adding to our family through adoption since 2011 and have made considerable sacrifices to save the money needed. We moved from Tennessee to a remote Arctic village in Alaska in order to get a higher paying job that enabled us to adopt our son Jonas from Uganda in 2013. While in Uganda, we met "Emerson" at an orphanage and had an instant attachment to him. We decided to remain in the Alaskan Bush to continue saving money so we could return and adopt him.
Emerson was born without legs, has a short tongue making him unable to speak, and has other major medical needs. He needs surgery in the US to hopefully fix his tongue and the other issues. Life for people in Uganda with needs like Emerson can be very difficult, as no assistance is available to them and they are shunned by their families and society. We have had Emerson in our home for several weeks and have watched him flourish with the love and attention he gets from our family.
While our intention was to adopt Emerson, for almost a year it seemed like adopting him would be impossibile. Since adoption and Uganda were still on our hearts, we accepted Granger's referral. Months later we found out that we had been chosen to adopt Emerson. And once we said yes to Granger, there was no way we were going to change our minds!
While Granger does not have the extreme medical conditions that Emerson has, he suffers from past abuse and severe malnourishment. We have not been able to keep Granger in our care as the court system is moving slowly. While the orphanage where Granger resides cares for their kids, funding is difficult. Granger's hair is yellow, a sign of a dangerous protein deficiency. Just as much as Emerson, he needs a loving family that can provide for him.
Besides making financial sacrifices to save up money for our adoptions, we have also done a lot of fundraising. Some have been successful (buythebeard.weebly.com) and some have not, but we have been able to raise all the money required to get us to this point in Uganda with all of our agency fees and most of our travel costs paid. However, we still have thousands of dollars in travel costs and in country fees remaining, and we have nearly exhausted our personal accounts. We've also exhausted our loan options. We are here on the profound belief that God will provide for us on the final steps of this adoption and allow us to bring these boys home, just as He has provided for us every step of the way.
Please consider helping us bring these amazing boys home.
Joe and Alice Waarvik
Organizer
Alice Waarvik
Organizer
Fort Yukon, AK
