Brown Family Adoption Journey

Carter Brown
Carter Brown Cedar Falls, Iowa

One of the earliest things we talked about in our relationship was our desire to pursue adoption at some point in the future. We love that adoption is a living illustration of the entire message of the Bible! The reality of our salvation is described in Scripture as being adopted into God’s family (Rom 8:12-17). We hope that in this small way, our family can be a living and breathing picture of the Gospel!

In the years since we began dating and first talked about adoption together, our desire to adopt has only grown, and we believe God is now leading us to pursue that! We have loved becoming parents and growing our family! Our lifestyle has changed quite a bit as we fill our days with our two young children, and we wouldn’t change it for the world! But we have more love left to give! And we would be thrilled to welcome another child into our home through adoption and share our world with them!

We’ve been preparing for this for a long time and saving money in hopes that we could pay for half of the adoption expenses ourselves. God has graciously allowed us to do that! But with the many expenses related to adoption (agency costs, legal fees, travel, birth parent assistance, and more) we still need about $20,000. Lifesong for Orphans has generously given us an $8,000 matching grant so your donations will help us receive all of that!

More than financial help, we would love it if you’d join us in praying for this adoption. Pray for the little baby that God has already chosen for our family. Pray for their birth mom as she faces many decisions. Pray for patience for us as we wait to be matched and for wisdom as we have to make important decisions along the way.

We’re so grateful for so many who have already come along side us in this process! We’d love if you join us too! We love talking about our adoption journey so if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Thank you so much for taking time to read our story!

Love,

The Browns


STRIPE charges an online processing fee (2.2% +.30 USD per transaction)*. Your donations will be decreased by this amount. You may also send a check payable to “Lifesong for Orphans”. In the memo line please write “Brown 09952”, to ensure it is credited to our account. Please mail to Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 9, Gridley, IL 61744.

Lifesong has been blessed with partners who underwrite all U.S. administrative and fundraising costs (TMG Foundation and other partners). That means 100% of your donation will go directly to the adoption.

  • In following IRS guidelines, your donation is to Lifesong for Orphans. This organization retains full discretion over its use, but intends to honor the donor’s suggested use.
  • Lifesong is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Individual donations of $50 or more and yearly donations totaling $250 or more will receive a tax-deductible receipt. Receipts for donations under $50 will gladly be sent upon request.
  • *3.5% fee for donations given with an American Express card
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My Story

One of the earliest things we talked about in our relationship was our desire to pursue adoption at some point in the future. We love that adoption is a living illustration of the entire message of the Bible! The reality of our salvation is described in Scripture as being adopted into God’s family (Rom 8:12-17). We hope that in this small way, our family can be a living and breathing picture of the Gospel!

In the years since we began dating and first talked about adoption together, our desire to adopt has only grown, and we believe God is now leading us to pursue that! We have loved becoming parents and growing our family! Our lifestyle has changed quite a bit as we fill our days with our two young children, and we wouldn’t change it for the world! But we have more love left to give! And we would be thrilled to welcome another child into our home through adoption and share our world with them!

We’ve been preparing for this for a long time and saving money in hopes that we could pay for half of the adoption expenses ourselves. God has graciously allowed us to do that! But with the many expenses related to adoption (agency costs, legal fees, travel, birth parent assistance, and more) we still need about $20,000. Lifesong for Orphans has generously given us an $8,000 matching grant so your donations will help us receive all of that!

More than financial help, we would love it if you’d join us in praying for this adoption. Pray for the little baby that God has already chosen for our family. Pray for their birth mom as she faces many decisions. Pray for patience for us as we wait to be matched and for wisdom as we have to make important decisions along the way.

We’re so grateful for so many who have already come along side us in this process! We’d love if you join us too! We love talking about our adoption journey so if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Thank you so much for taking time to read our story!

Love,

The Browns


STRIPE charges an online processing fee (2.2% +.30 USD per transaction)*. Your donations will be decreased by this amount. You may also send a check payable to “Lifesong for Orphans”. In the memo line please write “Brown 09952”, to ensure it is credited to our account. Please mail to Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 9, Gridley, IL 61744.

Lifesong has been blessed with partners who underwrite all U.S. administrative and fundraising costs (TMG Foundation and other partners). That means 100% of your donation will go directly to the adoption.

  • In following IRS guidelines, your donation is to Lifesong for Orphans. This organization retains full discretion over its use, but intends to honor the donor’s suggested use.
  • Lifesong is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Individual donations of $50 or more and yearly donations totaling $250 or more will receive a tax-deductible receipt. Receipts for donations under $50 will gladly be sent upon request.
  • *3.5% fee for donations given with an American Express card
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We’re Matched!

May 30, 2023

We have officially been matched! It’s been a whirlwind couple days. We got a call late Sunday night (5/28) about a little girl born on May 27th. We hopped in the car first thing Monday and drove 9 hours to meet her! 

We’ll share the whole story soon, but for now we just wanted to share the good news. 

 

Thank you so much to everyone who has walked with us on this journey so far, praying with us and supporting us! We are so grateful. 

 

 

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Still Waiting

April 10, 2023

Hello friends!

 

We haven’t posted an update in a while because, well, there hasn’t been much to update you on. 

 

We have applied to several situations over the last year but none have resulted in a match. So we are still waiting.

 

When we started this process, we definitely hoped we would have a baby by now. However, we remain confident that the baby God has for our family will be in our family. We’ve been told “no” many times in the last 15 months. But every time we’ve been told “no”, another family has been told “yes”. And one of these days, in God’s timing, it will be our turn. 

 

We have been so encouraged by many of you as you’ve checked in on us and asked about our adoption. We’ve been blown away by your generosity. 

 

I wish this was an update telling you we’ve been matched and are about to adopt our baby. That one will come soon enough. For now, we just wanted to say thank you, and to ask you to keep praying with us on this journey. 

 

Love,

The Browns

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We’re So Grateful!

May 3, 2022

We haven’t been matched yet. However…

We have officially raised the entire amount of our $8,000 matching grant, which means we’ve now raised over $16,000 for our adoption!! We have been blown away by the generous support of so many people! We are so grateful and humbled.

We still need to raise between $10,000 and $15,000 in order to fully cover the cost of the adoption. God has provided so much through generous donors already and we are trusting that he will provide the rest as well! 

Would you consider being a part of our adoption story in this way? 

Thank you so much for following along with our journey! We look forward to updating you again  as things progress! 

Love,
The Browns

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“We are praying for your new little one, whoever he or she is that God has chosen for your family. We are delighted to support you and look forward to the day when God answers all our prayers for the adoption. He is faithful and we will remain so as well. Much, much love to all of you!”

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