Why we look to adopt.

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.