Adoption Announcement

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Our family is excited to share that we are in the process of adopting a 4 year old little girl from Uganda!   We hope to have her home with us sometime this summer.  We have created this blog to share our journey with you and to also provide information to those who are interested in learning more about international adoption and other ways you can provide care for orphans. 

First things first.  We have 3 beautiful biological children.  Why are we going across the world to adopt a child from Africa that we have never even met?!  This is probably the question I have been asked the most since sharing out news with family and friends, so I would like to share our "why" with our "announcement."

It started with a deep love for our biological children.  We would do absolutely anything for Adeline, Christian, and Paxton.  Chuck and I get such great joy from being their parents.  Parenting is hard work, but oh so rewarding.  Nothing compares to teaching and watching them grow up.

In the past few years, our family has been involved in an amazing pro-life ministry in our community.  We wholeheartedly believe that each and every life is created in the image of God.  Every single child is wanted and worthy of being loved.  With that said, being pro-life extends beyond protecting the unborn.  As a family, we started looking outside our wealthy country and realized that there are many children in our world who are dying simply because their basic needs are not being met.  By no fault of their own, they don't have access to food, shelter, medical care, or sometimes even a family.  With all we have been blessed with, we could not sit by and do nothing. 

We strongly believe that children belong with families.  Preferably with their biological families, but when that is not possible - they belong with a family who will love and provide for them.  Our family is blessed to have the opportunity to provide for a another child.  Please take the time to watch the 8 minute video posted below.  I hope that it has the impact on you that it did on us.  Not all families are called to adopt, but every single one of us is called to care for the orphans worldwide.  See the Orphan Care section of our blog for ideas on how you get involved.

"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do.  God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows what we know, and holds us responsible to act."  ~Proverbs 24: 11-12