To our Family and Friends

We are writing this letter to share some very exciting news.... we are adopting! Our hearts are filled with love for our children, but we know that our family is not complete. We feel that God has chosen our family to bring 1 of the 145 million orphans home, to their forever family. We are seeking a domestic adoption through a local Arkansas agency, Abba Adoption.

Many people know our story, but let us share how God has worked in our family. We always felt the desire to adopt, even in conversations before we were married, but we did not know when. Our journey to grow our family has not been an easy one. Sam and Maggie were given to us through a great blessing.

Infertility was tough; week after week we would hear “No, not this round,” at that time we decided to adopt. But on the eve of our first meeting with Abba Adoption we received wonderful news; our “final” treatment at the fertility clinic had been successful. Needless to say we have been blessed with our twins Sam and Maggie, and we still can’t believe that God chose us to be their parents.

Abba is a Christian adoption agency that works with local birthmothers to place their child into a loving home. Domestic adoption is the right choice for our family for two reasons; we will have the opportunity to have a relationship with our child's birthmother, and we can keep our birth order. We are open to who God might have for our family, therefore we have not specified a gender or race.

The main questions asked are When and How Much. All adoptions vary in time, anywhere from three months to three years. We’d like to adopt as soon as we can, but that is where the second question comes in, How Much. We are estimating our adoption to cost around $30,000. At this time we are personally saving as much as we can every month, and planning fundraisers. What we need more than anything right now is your prayer, love and support.

This letter is written to simply announce to those we love our intentions. We want to share this amazing journey with everyone that is special to our family. So we have set up a blog to share updates along the way, give opportunities to help, prayer requests, and to collect donations.