A little over a year after starting our adoption fundraising efforts, we have reached the initial 8k needed to get this process moving along! Thank you all SO much! And, thanks to a great friend who made the donation this past weekend that helped us finish out this initial goal! We are so blessed by all of you who have helped!
What's next you ask?
Well, it looks kind of like this...
1) We've already submitted our Formal Application Supplemental Packet with the initial fee of $550.
2) Now, we have access to the full formal application which we will be submitting this week!
3) In 2 weeks we will be attending our required adoption training class! (another $650)
4) Then, we will be starting the Home-Study. ($2000 at beginning of study and another $4800 once completed)
5) Once the Home-Study is complete, we will be making a profile book that tells all about us which the agency will start showing to birth moms once we have the remaining funds available. We'll work toward those additional funds through saving, fundraisers, donations, applying for grants and whatever other creative methods we can come up with. The exciting thing is once we get to this point and have the additional funds, our profile book will be shown to birth moms and anyone of them could potentially be Abigail Grace's birth mom! Um...exciting!!!!!
We are so excited to have the initial funds to really be able to kick this into gear and, we couldn't have done it without you! Thank you! We pray that you will be abundantly blessed as you have blessed us! Stay tuned to keep up with our progress. We can't wait to share the next steps with you as we move forward!
Many Blessings!!
Benson & Heather
Monday, September 30, 2013
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We started feeling a tug on our hearts toward adoption many years ago and we started praying, researching and talking about it. Even though we felt we were being called to adopt a little girl (and even knew what her name would be!), we did not feel like we were being led to do it at that moment in time. Well...5+ years later the desire is still there and we feel confident that is because God is the one who planted the desire in us in the first place.
We'd love to say that everything has fallen into place perfectly (including the funds to adopt) but that's not the case. Regardless, we believe God is telling us it’s time to take a huge leap of faith and act on the desire He planted in us to adopt. We have no idea how it's all going to work out but we know we serve a mighty God!! Without a doubt, we can’t do it on our own and don’t think God intended for us to. So, with His help and yours, we hope to be able to introduce you to Abigail Grace in His perfect timing!
There are many ways that you can help. First and foremost, we ask for your prayer through this journey! We know that it is likely to be a long process. We need God's guidance and peace for as long as it takes and for any obstacles we may encounter.
Secondly, the simple fact of the matter is that we need funds to make this happen. In that regard, you will see a "Donate" button if you would like to make a direct donation which will be applied at 100% to Abigail's adoption fund. In addition, we have some great fundraising links that you will find here including SendOutCards, T-shirts, Coffee and Flowers. Please know that anything you can do is greatly appreciated!
Thank you all!
Love and Blessings,
Benson and Heather
We'd love to say that everything has fallen into place perfectly (including the funds to adopt) but that's not the case. Regardless, we believe God is telling us it’s time to take a huge leap of faith and act on the desire He planted in us to adopt. We have no idea how it's all going to work out but we know we serve a mighty God!! Without a doubt, we can’t do it on our own and don’t think God intended for us to. So, with His help and yours, we hope to be able to introduce you to Abigail Grace in His perfect timing!
There are many ways that you can help. First and foremost, we ask for your prayer through this journey! We know that it is likely to be a long process. We need God's guidance and peace for as long as it takes and for any obstacles we may encounter.
Secondly, the simple fact of the matter is that we need funds to make this happen. In that regard, you will see a "Donate" button if you would like to make a direct donation which will be applied at 100% to Abigail's adoption fund. In addition, we have some great fundraising links that you will find here including SendOutCards, T-shirts, Coffee and Flowers. Please know that anything you can do is greatly appreciated!
Thank you all!
Love and Blessings,
Benson and Heather
Our Love Story
Ours is an unusual story of love and committment. We met at a very young age. It didn't take us long to realize that this was the real deal so we made the "crazy" decision at the ages of 16 and 20 to get married. Twenty years later we are still going strong and ready to add a little girl to our family.
When people ask us for marriage advice, the first thing we tell them is "Please don't assume we have it all figured out because we don't." But, there is one thing we know without doubt! God brought us together. He means for us to be each other's for life and we don't pretend to know better than Him. As anyone in a good marriage will tell you, it's not always easy but it's worth it. With God at the core of our relationship, we believe it will only get better as the years go on! And, we're looking forward to sharing future years with Abigail Grace in God's perfect timing.
Our Wedding Day (July 8, 1995)
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