“I think we should prayerfully consider adopting from China!” I spoke those words to Jacob in the fall of 2016 and to my amazement he said OK. I was sure he would remind me that we were trying our […]
Michael and I started the adoption process in November of last year. It has been AMAZING to see how fast God has moved– we thought we would still be in the middle of paperwork right now, but we have already […]
Adoption Update: Our family has been matched with a sibling group of 2 from Liberia! We are so thankful and incredibly excited. We cannot wait to bring this little boy and girl home and into our family. Adoption is something […]
Hello! Our names are Ryan and Rachel Jackson. When we got married we desired to have many children, and after completing our masters programs, Rachel quickly became pregnant with Adalyn and had no complications with her pregnancy. Adalyn is a […]
We are matched to adopt a 9-week old baby boy, named Andrew. We can’t wait to bring baby Andrew home, hopefully in the next few weeks! This week marks 3 years since we officially began our adoption journey. Even […]
This summer, as Derek and I put our kids to bed, we encouraged them to pray for a sweet, precious, and feisty girl we had met. This young girl was here in the US through an international hosting program and […]
It all started with a challenge to pray. Pray how the Lord wants our family to live out James 1:27. “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their […]
God is calling us to change a life! Season’s Greetings! My son and I are on another great adventure! We have partnered with the Morgan Hill Children’s Foundation (MOHIC) in Lagos, Nigeria to adopt a little girl. Already, we’ve sacrificed […]
The Lord laid adoption on our hearts very early on in our relationship; although, we were not sure when or where our adoption would take place. In our first year of marriage (2011/2012), the Lord pressed upon our hearts to […]
Anna and I first thought of the possibility of adopting a child back in 2010. That was when we read the book Radical by David Platt. At that time, we had been married for 3 years and felt that if we […]
We are very excited to share that we are in the process of growing our family through Adoption! Many of you already know our adoption story, but several years ago we were told that we have a very slim chance […]
In 2008, I started working for a non-profit organization that serves orphans and neglected children in West Africa. I am a nurse by training, so my role as their Healthcare Coordinator was a natural fit. I worked abroad in this […]