Dear friends and family,
3 1/2 years ago, God set us out on a journey as husband and wife. During this time we have grown to love one another and Christ more everyday. During this time, we have also suffered a great loss when we lost our baby girl Camryn to her battle with HLHS. Today we would like to include you on our next journey... Our journey to adopt.
From the time we started dating and knew we would eventually get married, we started talking about adoption. We knew that we wanted to have a child of our own before we planned to adopt. Camryn was our gift from God. However, we were only granted 80 days with Camryn before God called her home to him. I can remember sitting beside her bed and talking about adoption because we witnessed many babies laying in their cribs with no one to love on them. It broke our hearts. We prayed for each and every baby and for their future. So here we are today trying to take action on the burden that God has laid on our hearts.
As Christians were are called to support adoption, because we are all adopted through Christ. So now we have followed God's lead and will for our lives and we have decided to adopt our first child.
We are in the initial stages of our adoption journey. At this time we have chosen an adoption organization and are saving money to begin the home study process. Unfortunately, the process of adoption requires us to step out on a leap of faith and to be stretched in many ways that are outside of our comfort zone. We are so thankful that we have the means to provide for a child's daily needs, but the reality is there is a substantial amount of money that is needed to bring this baby home. Would you be willing to enter this journey with us financially or through your prayers and encouragement? It all means the world to us!
There are a couple of ways you could financially support us. We have started a blog that will keep everyone updated on our adoption journey. We will also list out any fundraisers we are doing in order to fund our adoption. On our blog there is also a donation button that allows you to make a donation that will go directly to our adoption account. If you would rather send a check by mail that is fine as well. Either way, your donation and prayers will be used for the sole purpose of bringing our baby home.
This letter has been one of much prayer and thought. We have struggled with how to ask our friends and family for support. But, we know God uses his people for his purposes. We would be honored to know you helped us bring our baby home and knowing that this child will grow up in a Christian home. We are humbly on our knees before God, knowing that he will do great things through our faith in him! Thank you so much for your prayers and support.
With love,
Cory and Jennifer
