Faith and Finance As Erica and I prayed through our adoption decision, my biggest hesitation in jumping in and moving forward was finances. How would we pay for international travel, attorney fees, home studies, translations, government agency fees, and countless other unknowns? We started setting aside funds from selling produce from our backyard garden nearly 2 years ago and even had a small garage sale and misc. craft sale to try to get us started. When we filled out and submitted our first application package we had only about $1,400 set aside out of nearly $45,000 in anticipated expenses. How would it all work out? Turns out that God knows what He is doing. Turns out that God knows what He is doing. Our application fee with our Adoption Service Provider (ASP) was $300. Then there was a $400 application fee to the Home Study Agency and then a $500 cost for IAAME costs ( Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity, Inc. ) . Suddenly, we were approved with b...