“Tim and I have been married fifteen years and have two precious daughters through adoption. We are a close-knit family and are excited to be adopting another child in the very near future! Our adoption story began almost four decades ago when I (Michelle) was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma, at the age of two years old. I was a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and received life-saving radiation and chemotherapy as a very small child. After many surgeries and years of treatment, I was thankfully healed. I have been in remission for almost thirty-three years and have had the incredible opportunity to give back with several research studies for adults and children-I have even been able to speak at St. Jude fundraisers and share my story.
The amount of radiation I received as a small child unfortunately caused my infertility. I can vividly remember at the age of ten, my doctor sitting down with me and my parents telling me my body would never be able to carry a child biologically. I was too young to comprehend the magnitude of receiving such news but saw it in my mother’s face-the utter sadness. Somewhere between learning that I couldn’t conceive and high school, God gave me a strong desire to adopt one day and gave me a sense of peace about my hysterectomy at such a young age. Fast forward a decade later and I must share the news with my (now) husband that my body couldn’t conceive naturally. He responded with compassion and gentleness and that he’s thought about adoption and the incredible opportunity it would be to have a family through adoption.
We cannot wait to see what God has in store for our family through adoption a third time. We are actively being presented cases of expectant mothers and are hoping to be financially ready to respond with our yes on the table. Would you please join us in prayer and if you are able to give generously to our adoption fund? We have been so thankful for our girls and are praying for God’s guidance and provision with our next adoption. Thank you for your prayers and support!”
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.