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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Sad News
 
 
Tuesday late at night we received a call from our adoption agency. Yesterday morning, the agency rep had gone to meet with the birth mom but found the birth mom was gone. The front desk told the rep that the birth mom had cleared out of the rental and was gone.

As of now she has basically vanished and the agency rep is not even certain she is the person she claimed to be. It appears she may have used fake ID to register with the adoption agency but this is not confirmed. The expense checks the agency had given her on Monday (paid from the money we wired to them) to pay the birth mom’s her expenses (rent, utilities, food, etc.) were cashed yesterday morning in Las Vegas and as of right now, it appears this was all part of an elaborate adoption scam.

So far we are out several thousand dollars which the agency paid to her from the money we wired them on Monday. We haven’t received the total amount of money we lost yet from the adoption agency. Late last night we sent a contract cancellation so we hope to recover the remaining funds we still have at the agency.

There are no words to describe the loss we feel in our home. Our kids are devastated and cried themselves to sleep. We did too. Very heavy and sad hearts here in the Funkhouser home. We’re praying that God shows us some reason for this loss and pray that he guides us to our daughter. We ask for your prayers that we will be able to recover the rest of our money without any problems too.

We’re working with the agency and we will send or post more as we receive it but we will obviously not be flying to California this week.

So sorry to post this sad news, but we wanted everyone to know.

Your prayers are appreciated.



6 comments:

  1. Dave & Jill,
    So sorry to hear this news. Your family will be in our thoughts and prayers.

    God's Peace,
    Melissa

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  2. Wow Jill, that is crazy!! What a blow. Praying for your family during this time of loss. Praying God will reveal Himself in big and mighty ways!!!

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  3. I am SO very sad for your family! I have been following your journey for awhile now. (Can't remember if I've ever commented or not)....we were also with the gladney ET program. We too felt the Lord leading us to pull from the ET program (after almost a year waiting) and had our dossier pulled in May. We prayed a ton about going the domestic route but God led us to another international program. Will be posting details soon on our blog (I've just not had the energy to write everything out yet). I was really exited for your family and am very sorry this has taken an unexpected turn. Praying for His comfort and direction for your family!

    Blessings,
    Jenny C.
    calcrew.wordpress.com

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  4. Prayers are being said for you. I hope you are able to bring your child home soon. If not this sweet little baby than maybe the Lord has another plan.

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  5. Continuing to pray for all of you- for you loss, your sadness, your healing.......

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  6. In tears for you right now. I can't imagine what you must be feeling. I have been praying for your family and will continue. God has a perfect plan and when it happens it will all come together. Hang in there and give your kids kisses from this stranger. :0) my heart hurts for you. {{{{HUGS}}}} to you dear friend.

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