Religion that God our
Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep
oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27
And anyone who
welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.
Matthew 18:5
But to all who
believe in him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:12
God set up the plan for adoption. It is all through scripture – Moses and
Esther were both adopted. God has
adopted us to be his children. So since
we feel called, how could we not do it?
The next question asked is, “Why
embryo adoption?”
Dr. Suess’s Horton answers that
best, “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your
likeness.
Psalm 17:15b
We believe life begins at
conception, even if that conception began in a petri dish. Life has begun, cell division is there to
prove it, within hours of creation and before they are frozen. Just like every other child in the world,
they did not choose to be created but they are here now and deserve a chance to
live.
We have always felt called to
have kids and help them in whatever ways we can. God has blessed us with 2 beautiful
biological daughters, but we have known for awhile that our family wasn't
complete. Even before we were married,
the topic of adoption came up. We believed
that some children in the world need help and we hoped to make a difference for
them.
We began
looking for options to grow our family through non-biological means after learning
of Jeff’s genetic problems (Crohn’s disease, celiacs). We considered foster/local adoption (even
took the starting classes – twice), but that didn't seem to fit our family
currently due to the time commitment required for high needs kids (though we
may revisit this once the children in our home are older). We have looked at international adoption, but
cost, having young children at home, and travel concerns with Jeff’s health
held us back. God continued to keep
doors closed as we explored options – for years. Now that we have taken steps into embryo
adoption it is amazing to look back and see how God has already opened so many
doors for this to happen.
We love life. This is as an opportunity to give life to the
smallest, expand our family, and bring awareness of the 600,000 who are waiting
for a chance to live a full life.
We hope that you follow our
journey.