Adoption Fundraiser Part 1

Here we go again! Three years ago we began the process of adoption to bring home our sweet little Natalie Jade.  We have been so blessed the past two years with her and we can’t imagine a single day without her in our lives!  And now we are ready to expand our family and bring home another precious baby; a sibling for Natalie.

With our first adoption Brian and I were blessed to have wonderful jobs and some sweet friends and family members to help offset the cost of adoption.  The Lord provided so we weren’t in debt nor did we have to worry about taking out a loan.  For that, we are grateful!

For those of you who don’t know, at the end of the 2011-2012 school year I resigned my position as a classroom teacher in order to be home with Natalie and to prepare to bring home our next child.  This is a decision I never thought I would make, but I am more than excited about it!  I felt like the Lord was telling me it was time to take care of my family.

We are working again with Generations Adoptions Agency out of Waco, Texas. The ladies who work here are incredible at what they do to support both birth families and adoptive families.  More importantly is their love for the Lord and how He works in the lives of families.  We have been blessed beyond belief with this agency.  Generations, as we have found, is not only the best agency but the most cost effective one.  With that being said, there is still a considerable cost associated with adoption.

Piecing together puzzles can be tedious, time consuming, frustrating, overwhelming, and joyful all at the same time.  But the finished product always makes you smile; mostly because of the effort it took to complete the puzzle!  The same goes for adoption.  “God has ordained this waiting period for us, however long, tedious and overwhelming it may be.”

If you feel called, here’s where you can help.  We have created a special puzzle to remember this time of waiting for our family.  We are asking that you help us piece together the puzzle in support of our adoption. For each piece we are asking you to donate $10, and we will write your name (or your family’s name) on the back. Once the puzzle is complete, we will frame it and hang it in the nursery to be a reminder of all those that donated and prayed for us in helping bring our baby home.

If you do not feel called to give, here’s how we would like you to pray for us.

1.       That our birth mom will be surrounded by friends and family that will encourage her to choose adoption, not abortion.

2.       That our birth mom will make wise choices for her body as she carries the baby

3.       That we will grow to have a relationship with our birth mom

4.       A safe delivery for both birth mom and baby

5.       A healthy baby

Thank you for loving and supporting our family during this time as we grow our family God’s way!

Brian, Whitney, and Natalie

**I will periodically post updates as our puzzle grows!