For many years, we dreamed of building a family rooted in faith, love, and connection. Over the past thirteen years, we walked through infertility, pregnancy loss, and many seasons of waiting and uncertainty. Although those years were painful, God used them to strengthen our marriage, deepen our faith, and prepare our hearts for parenthood.
A turning point in our journey came when we had the opportunity to foster a precious baby girl. Loving and caring for her changed our lives forever and confirmed the calling God had placed on our hearts to pursue adoption. Although saying goodbye was heartbreaking, we remain grateful to have been part of her story.
Today, we are incredibly grateful to share that we have welcomed our beautiful daughter, Viviana into our family through adoption. After many years of praying and waiting, becoming her parents has been one of the greatest blessings of our lives. From the moment we met her, we loved her deeply and knew she was meant to be part of our family.
Throughout this process, we have worked hard to prepare financially through savings, careful planning, and living modestly. However, adoption expenses quickly add up through agency fees, legal costs, travel, lodging, post placement visits, and other unexpected expenses. As new parents, our greatest priority is providing Viviana with a safe, stable, loving, and Christ centered home.
We are humbly seeking support through the ABBA Fund as we continue navigating the financial responsibilities of adoption. Every prayer, donation, and word of encouragement means so much to our family and helps lighten the burden during this important season of our lives. We are sincerely grateful for every person who takes the time to read our story and consider supporting our family during this meaningful chapter of our lives.
“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:19
With love and gratitude,
Jesus, Maribel & Viviana Esperanza Fernandez
To DONATE BY MAIL, please make out the check to ABBA Fund (do not write the family name on the physical check, which will invalidate the charitable aspect of your gift ... instead either print out this page to send with it or include a separate note to request that we preference your gift toward the family profiled on this page) -- then mail your check and preference request to:
ABBA Fund, PO BOX 868049, Plano, TX 75086-8049
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**AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION FROM ABBA FUND ABOUT YOUR DONATION**
Using the online form on this page automatically submits a request to preference your gift to the family profiled on this page as part of ABBA Fund’s Christian Family Adoption Grant Fund. ABBA Fund administers this fund and maintains full control and administration of all donated funds. We also strive to honor our donor’s preference requests in accordance with IRS and Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) guidelines.
The IRS allows donors to state a preference of how their contribution is used and request that the gift support a particular family — and it allows the charitable organization (ABBA Fund) to fully consider that request as long as the donor understands and acknowledges for charitably given tax-deductible gifts that the ultimate authority regarding the disposition of your gift is at the discretion of the charitable organization. By using this online form, or other method described above, you are acknowledging an understanding of those IRS guidelines.