Adoption

For a long time, adoption has been heavy on Joe and I’s hearts. We recognize that we are adopted into the family of Christ, so we feel like it is our call to adopt orphans into our family. Since being married, we prayed consistently about God’s plan for our future regarding children. We would like to have biological children, but we wanted to follow God’s plan for our lives as far as the order of which we should do first: adopt or have biological children.

This past summer, we felt peace about the decision to pursue adoption first and decided that we would start filling out paper work to adopt through foster care in our new state of Colorado. International adoption always had a place in my heart, but due to the large costs, and the fact that for most countries a couple had to be married for 5+ years before getting a referral, we decided to pursue foster care. With that being said, God definitely had another plan for us, and He was calling us to completely trust in him.

I had my eye on an adoption agency in Denver long before we even knew we would be moving to Colorado. I  researched them and followed them on different social media sites. One day in late July, a post came across my feed that was seeking families to adopt sibling groups from a country with children already available for adoption and just waiting for homes (due to our agency and country’s guidelines, we cannot tell you the country via social media at this time). Joe and I talked it through and decided to inquire. We really felt God moving through us to act even from the very, very beginning.

Long story short, we met all of the agency’s requirements, and are currently finishing up our home study portion of the process. Our process is moving a lot quicker than we anticipated, so we feel comfortable letting the news out, as we could potentially have a referral around Thanksgiving and travel to get our children shortly after that.

Y’all…….we are going to be parents!!!!

Here is where you come in. We are so blessed that our process is going quickly because we are that much closer to getting our kids; however, we also have to pay a lot of money in a short amount of time. You can support us in two ways. I am selling personalized hand-stamped jewelry on Etsy here. We also have an online fundraising site available here. Any amount helps, and we are so thankful for those that have already supported us. Also, please share this blog, our Etsy site, and our GoFundMe site on your social media pages. God will do miracles. We completely trust in Him.

If you cannot give financially, please, please be praying for us. Pray that our children are safe and are being loved on. Pray that their joy is renewed each and every day by their Heavenly Father. Pray that God is working on them to be a part of a family, our family. Pray that our process continues to go smoothly and that we can go get them as soon as possible. Pray that if we have to take off work for the 6+ weeks of travel and time home with the kids afterwards, that God would completely cover us financially. Pray that God goes before us to work on the hearts of the people reading this blog and visiting our fundraising sites. 

We would love your encouragement and for you to let us know that you are praying for us throughout the rest of the journey. 

"Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow." Isaiah 1:17

Samantha