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Adoption.com Forums - vB Journal: Show Entry - Another road stump! Members ListPhotosEventsLocal Adoption SupportSearch ArcadeReviewsMembership Upgrade Search Forums Advanced Search Welcome to the Forums.Register If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You may have to register before you can post or search: click here to proceed. To start viewing messages, select a forum below that you would like to view or click View All of Todays Posts. Forum Categories Adult Adoptees Adoptive Parents International Adoption Birthparents Parenting Community Center Search & Reunion Faith-Based Adoption Support Special Needs & Attachment Foster Care & Adoption User NameRemember Me Password Part of: kittyjty s JournalAnother road stump! Date Posted: 04-16-2008 at 10:10 AM Comments(1) Mood: Where do I begin My husband and I over the last two years have been trying to adopt a baby. We have started of going through our church to adopt a baby. We had filled out the application forms and paid the fee. Since we live in Quebec Canada we needed to go through the government since it was looked at as international adoptions. This was fine to us. So we started to get all the important papers that we needed and looked into getting a home study done. Within a couple of months into the process we were informed by our church agency that they could no longer service my husband and I. Their reasons were that their office had changed rules and could no longer service people out side the province of Ontario. So they gave back our application fee and that was it. Than my husband and I thought of overseas adoption. That came to a stop very quickly when we found out how much it would cost. It s not that we can t afford to look after a baby, but coming up with $30-65,000 is something we don t have. After we gave up looking for awhile until we started to research the Internet for other options. We came ac...