Hello friends and family!
Thank you so much for clicking the link to read about our story and hear our heart for adoption. Ever since we were married, we knew God had a calling on our family to care for the orphan through adoption. We are drawn to this unique picture of a family because of the overwhelming grace and love God has shown us through the sacrifice of His own son, Jesus. He died on the cross for our sins to adopt us, strangers, into His family and call His own. Our life is to shine His glory and restorative love.
It’s been a long, three year journey of waiting for these two beautiful children God has placed into our lives and soon into the arms of our family. Our adoption story has experienced a few twists and turns, but God has been holding it all together right from the start. It has been amazing to see what He has planned as we have continued to take the leap of faith and step out of the boat – trusting in Him alone even through all the doubts and unknowns. We are so excited and expectant to bring our children home!
Our next steps will be traveling to Malawi, Africa soon! This trip will likely take about 6-8 weeks, so we are hoping and praying we will be able to take our kids with us so we can all be together and bond as a family during those first few weeks. As you can imagine, traveling across the world for that long will be very expensive, so we would love to invite you to become a part of our journey through your prayers, encouragement, and if the Lord leads you, through your financial investment. We have also been blessed with a $7,000 matching grant funded by the Tim Tebow Foundation! This means that for every dollar given, they will provide an equal donation up to our total matching grant amount. This will double the impact of every donation! We would be forever grateful if you would join us in prayer and donations by being apart of bringing our children home.
“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
Love,
The Burkhalters
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 “Burkhalter 10589”, 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.
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