Our adoption testimony began before we met. My (Tracy) desire to adopt began when I spent three months living in Uganda, Africa. At an after school program where I helped teach a music class, a little girl remarked that I […]
Three years ago, my best friend Hazel and I promised we would travel in the Summer of 2017 together. Originally we planned on hiking the Appalachian Trail or biking across the country, but as the years progressed we knew we […]
Last summer, Theo and I were blessed to be able to host a 12 year old orphan girl. Lizzy was born in China with cerebral palsy. At the age of 2, she was abandoned and brought to the orphanage. Her […]
As many of you know we adopted our precious Kayla last year from China. Our hearts knew that we would be adopting again, but we didn’t know when God would call us to go back. We met our friend April […]
We’ve been a family of four now for almost three years. Noah and Esther bring more joy to our lives than we could have ever imagined. We laugh ourselves to sleep many nights sharing funny comments the girls have made or […]
Before you read our story I want to say THANK YOU! Thank you for being a part of journey. So many of you have prayed for us and even given money to help us raise the funds to bring Isaiah […]
We are the Shaeffer Family. We began thinking about adoption shortly after we were first married, 28 years ago. Our daughter was born and we thought we might adopt the next baby. God, however, had different plans. When we contacted […]
We hadn’t pictured the direction our life would be taking to journey halfway across the world to meet our daughter in Bulgaria. It’s been a sharp turn to say the least! Scott and I have two healthy wonderful sons and […]
Adoption was not something even on our radar. But thankfully, the Father’s plan is perfect and complete, encompassing so much more than the egocentric blips that we allow ourselves to detect in our “busy”, day-to-day lives. “V” (age 9, pink […]
February 9, 2017 Dear Friends & Family, We are beyond thrilled to share that we will be traveling to Colombia in late spring to bring home W2 to his FOREVER home (and no that’s not a tax form – we can’t […]
Life had never been easy for mama, my baby brother and I. Papa disappeared when I was just 4 years old. He simply walked out the door one Friday evening, never to return. Mama believed for the longest time he […]
***We are incredibly blessed and thankful to have received a $3,000 matching grant through Gregory’s Gifts and New Community Church of Wexford. That means that every dollar you donate is matched all the way up to $3,000 which would give […]