Hi friends, family and supporters! We are Calvin and Leslie. You’ve likely heard that we’er adopting, We have always wanted to be parents and we are inviting you to be a crucial part of our adoption story through your financial […]
We have BIG news! We are adopting a child! We are beyond excited and are doing everything we can to be prepared to welcome a beautiful new life into our home. As part of our adoption process, we have started […]
Growing our family through adoption has been something on our hearts for a long time – years before we had ever met. It has never been a question of “if”, but of “when” we would begin this journey. You can […]
“Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me” (Matthew 18:5). “Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy” (Psalm 82:3). When God confirms something in both of your hearts as right and […]
Our journey to adopt baby #5 has been filled with joy and anticipation. After many years of waiting and hoping, we were matched with a special little baby girl here in Memphis. We have been told that she will be […]
Over the last year, we began to wonder and pray whether God was still calling us to adopt. As I began to pray and research adoption, God began to arouse a passion within me. I […]
We are so excited to share this news. By God’s miracle, we were able to bring home our baby girl! The name Emery is of Latin origin and means “loving.” And just like her name, she is as delicate […]
As we seek to adopt a second time our family has engaged in many fundraising opportunities and has applied for adoption grants to offset some of the costs associated with adoption. Lifesong provided us with a matching grant when we […]
Thank you so much for taking the time to read about our journey to starting our family through adoption! Our journey to start our family began soon after we got married 4.5 years ago. After 4 years of trying to […]
I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who once said, ‘Nothing worth having comes easy’, and in the case of our adoption in Liberia, he could not have been more right. Our story begins in early 2020, when inexplicably Kevin and […]
Before we were married we would talk often of family and children. We had planned out when we would start having kids, what their names would be, and how many we would have. Of course, real life doesn’t go according […]
