Hello!
We are Alex and Jenna. We got married in July of 2020. World events made it an interesting time to form a union, but it was the best time for us. We got to be with one another when most people had to stay apart. Jenna has known since high school that she would likely not be able to become pregnant. Still, we have always wanted a child and love the idea of adoption.
Adoption is, like marriage, a glimpse of the gospel of God acted out by humans. We are not going to pretend that it will be easy, but we are confident that it is right for us.
For the child we are planning to adopt, here is what we are looking forward to:
- Raising our child in the faith. Knowing and following Jesus has supported us as a couple and we want our child to know Him as well. This is also a powerful way to fulfill the Great Commission.
- To hold the child with the certainty that he/she is ours.
- To surround them with great works of art (including music, books, video games, theatre, and movies).
- To occasionally spoil them. Sometimes an entire bowl of ice cream is not enough.
If you feel even the slightest bit of desire to pray for us, we encourage you to follow that desire. The Bible says prayer is powerful (James 5:17-18). Pray for patience on our part because this will take a lot of time. Pray for wisdom as we prepare to become parents. Please pray for financial support.
We had heard that adoption is expensive, but we did not know it was this expensive. For the good adoption agencies out there, they aim to keep mothers from prematurely surrendering their child due to temporary problems (e.g., loss of job/housing/transportation). The adoption agencies often help these women financially, which in turn raises the fees adoptive parents must pay.
I (Alex) currently work as a software engineer and Jenna is a professional orchestra musician who also works a couple of part-time jobs. With our combined salaries we have found saving for adoption to be a glacial process, even when practicing careful financial stewardship.
If you feel led to contribute to the cost of our adoption, we would be struck to the core with gratitude. A gift of any amount will go a long way in growing our family.
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.