Hello, and welcome to our family page! Thank you for considering donating to our adoption fund. Here’s a little bit more about us. We are a big family with a big heart for adoption. Here’s why we are pursuing a domestic newborn adoption.
First, we’ve been nudged spiritually to adopt. You know when every sermon seems to be just for you? That’s been us for a couple of years now anytime a pastor mentions a baby, orphans, or adoption. One of us is sure to elbow and give a significant look to the other. Not to mention our hearts have been touched by our church’s commitment to adoption with Adoption Sundays, its For Life ministry, and Foster Adopt ministry. The announcements in the Sunday bulletin for those events always seem to be in red print to us.
Second, adoption is scriptural. Among many verses, we ascribe to Isaiah 1:17b Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. And adoption reflects Christ’s heart for us. John 14:8 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Third, we recently lost an infant son and, because of the complications that caused his death, we are unable to have any more natural children. We’ve always wanted a big family, and four seems like just the right number of kids for us. Plus, we were prepared for a baby that we didn’t get to bring home from the hospital: there’s a car seat, crib, nursery, and even a few onesies (if it’s a boy) and pounds of onesies (if it’s a girl.) Not to mention that our hearts our pent up with unspent love that, had our son lived, would have gone to him. Grief, really, is just love with nowhere to go. With this fifth child, we will have an avenue to spend that love. While we are not adopting to replace Jack, nor are we looking to solve our grief with it, an adoption would be redemptive in a way only God can orchestrate.
Fourth, God seems to be telling us to do it! We’ve prayed for clear direction, and we’ve gotten it. We’ve prayed for God to lift the financial burden if He wants us to pursue adoption. Multiple times, our church, family, and friends have directly said they are ready to lift the financial burden for us. Then, when we prayed about being able to supply money on our own, God, through a sermon and detailed sermon notes the next day, taught us that sacrificial giving on our part is holy work.
Finally, since agreeing to pursue adoption, we’ve both felt a deep peace, that kind, you know, that goes beyond understanding. Our wise Christian counselors are egging us on, our families and friends are ready to pitch in to help, our kids cannot wait to have the sibling they missed out on.
If you feel prompted to donate, please use this page to contribute to our adoption fund. Thank you in advance, and pray with us!
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.