We are so grateful you are taking the time to read our story!
We are the Lewallen family and we are prayerfully seeking your help with our goal of adoption. We have been blessed with a beautiful family, through both bio and adopted children, but we feel God calling us to add one more.
At first, it seemed like God wanted us to add a biological child to our family, but after two very devastating miscarriages, we felt God leading us towards adoption.
Domestic adoption is not something we thought we would consider at this time in our lives, but the way God led us to it has been unmistakable. We found a sweet Christian agency in our old hometown of Memphis that supports birthmothers in meaningful ways. They provide medical care, social services, parenting support, and the option of adoption if the mothers choose it.
Having adopted before, we understand that it’s about so much more than “getting a baby.” Adoption is about stepping into the sacred space of a family that can’t stay together and becoming parents to the child of that family. We know that it means becoming a bridge from the past to the future and keeping the bond between the biological family and the child open in a healthy way. Adoption is beautiful and hard.
This is what we feel called to do, but we need your help! We are home study approved and waiting with the agency, but adoption costs are quite high. We have been generously awarded a matching grant from Lifesong. This means that Lifesong will match (double) all donations up to $4000! Any donations made after the match will still be added to the total (and will be SO deeply appreciated), they will just not be doubled.
If you would like to help us, please follow the donation instructions below. Thank you so much for taking the time to consider this!
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 “Lewallen 10997”, 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