Saturday, December 20, 2014

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!  Who knows...this could be our last Christmas without Abigail! We just wanted to thank you all for an amazing year of prayer and support! When we look back to where we were in this process a year ago, it's absolutely amazing how far we've come! We couldn't have done it without you!

For those of you considering an end of year tax-deductible donation, please use the link below. We're so thankful to LifeSong for setting this up for us so there is a tax benefit to those donating! We will be praying for you all this Christmas season! 

Donate: Click Here

Blessings!
Benson and Heather
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Last week we had a meeting with our adoption case worker and after reviewing some things including our financial plan, we were given the OK to move forward by preparing our profile book! We are working on that over the next few weeks and it should be available to start being shown in January!  We have been waiting for this for a long time and are very excited!! This means we are now off hold status and are considered a "waiting family".  The average wait time is currently 18 months once the profile book is done but it could be sooner or longer.  We'll see!

We''ll keep busy in the meantime. For one, I was blessed with a scholarship for the Spring 2015 semester to University of Richmond.  Thanks to this, I will start working on my bachelor's degree which I'm super excited about!  We have been abundantly blessed through this whole process and especially financially in the last few weeks. We are grateful!!!


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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

WOW!!! We're practically there!

We're in AWE! The last 2 weeks have been AMAZING as far as fundraising is concerned to the tune of $15,000 raised!! What?!?!?!?!

Not only were we tremendously blessed with confirmation of two grants, we have also received notice of an extremely generous donation from an amazing couple we've never even met in person! I first heard from Karen over a year ago at which time I believe she saw information about our desire to adopt on her daughter's Facebook account. (Hey Jessica! I sure am glad we had that boot camp class together and became Facebook friends :) !!

Karen and I became Facebook friends but have never met in person as she lives in another state. Karen and her husband, Charlie, sent us a lovely card with a kind donation at that time. Now, once again, they have blessed us with an extremely generous donation! We could never fully express our gratitude toward the kindness of a couple that we have never even met in person! Thanks to their generosity and the grants (along with the funds we've been blessed to be able to put in personally, the wonderful dinner theater that was put on for our behalf last year and all the donations that you, our family and friends have blessed us with) we are almost there!

And, check out this timing!  We have our meeting with the adoption agency tomorrow! We've had this meeting scheduled for about 6 months! And, because we can now outline where almost all of the remaining funds are coming from, we can finally move forward!!  Tomorrow we will look over other couple's profile books to get a better idea of how to prepare ours.  Then, we'll start getting ours together and it will soon be available for birth parents to look at and we will be what is known as a "waiting family"! That term might not sound exciting but it's music to our ears!

I know we keep saying it but thank you all so much! We serve an amazing God and He showed up, once again, in this adoption process  in a big way in the last couple weeks! We are so thankful for how he has used each of you to bless us!

CHECK OUT  THE THERMOMETER ON THE RIGHT (at the top of the page)!  YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT  HELPED THIS HAPPEN!

We can't wait until we get to introduce you all to Abigail!

Blessings!
Heather & Benson
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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


1994

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.

1994

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.



Prom (1997)

Our Wedding Day (July 8, 1995)