As many of you know, Eliza Ruth, “Ru”, came home from Korea in June of 2019. What an adventure it was. From staying in Korea for weeks, to midnight walks to help her sleep, to carrying the stroller up the […]
After a three week trip to a foster home in China in 2012, I left knowing my time spent would not have a long term impact on the lives there. I promised myself when I finished my masters in occupational […]
We met in 2014 and were inseparable after our first date. Phil jokes that I pushed him into a cactus on our first date, and while it is true that we spent thirty minutes pulling cactus spines out of Phil’s […]
There have been a lot of pieces to our journey that have led us to adoption. When we were first married, we volunteered in the high school group at our church. It was there that we met a boy named […]
Adoption has always been something Geoff and I have been drawn to, felt was going to be part of our family story. Throughout the last 16 years of our marriage, we’ve continued to visit the topic, stay open to the […]
Our journey of wanting to grow our family began in May of 2015. Even before this, there was a desire to adopt a child at some point in our lives in addition to conceiving naturally. In the last six years, […]
We are the Simmermans and are eager to welcome a little boy or girl from Western Africa into our family. We’ve been blessed with two kiddos already and as we thought about having a third child we just couldn’t get […]
Every year in November our church holds a “Love First” Sunday centered on loving the least of these. In 2019, the focus was on adoption and the pastor shared why and how adoption is a picture of God choosing to adopt […]
Bob and Maggie met in 2004 and began dating early 2005. We dated for six years before we were married in January 2011. In 2013, we decided we wanted to start a family but 2014 brought hardship to our family […]
Dear Friends and Family, As many of you know, we are in the process of adopting our child from China through Lifeline Children’s Services. As we move closer to “gotcha day!”, we are thankful for the journey God has led […]
While adoption has been on our hearts for a long while, given its nearness to the very heart of God, it was 6 years ago, while pregnant with our youngest, that we watched a Netflix documentary on orphans in China. […]
Thank you for reading our family’s journey to adoption! At the beginning of our marriage, like most newlyweds, Matthew and I would frequently dream about our family’s future. Our conversation would often include a debate about how many children we […]