We chose our adoption organization!

Last Friday we went up to the O.C. for two appointments with adoption organizations. We first met with A is 4 Adoption. After sitting down and talking to them, we realized that this was exactly where God wanted us to be. We decided to go to lunch after to discuss it more and decided to go with them. We ended up canceling our appointment with the other organization we were going to meet with later that day. It sounds kind of crazy but we both looked at each other and said "This is it" After weeks of researching and contemplating different places we both felt at peace with our decision to go with A is 4 Adoption.

We are in the process of finishing our Dear Birth mom letter and our picture collage that we will send to A is 4 adoption on Monday morning. Then they can show our profile to potential birth moms and we wait. While we wait we will continue to fill out paperwork to finish our home study through Hope4kids. It has been so amazing how many supportive people we have encountered through this process. We have made new friends with an amazing couple who is also going through A is 4 Adoption and they have been helping us through the paperwork process and have also been great emotional support. We are also so thankful for our family and friends that have been so supportive through this process.

We are so excited and are hoping to get matched soon! Now we need to make sure to fund raise like crazy so we can afford to adopt a beautiful baby. Once we are matched we have to come up with an additional $7,500 plus birth mother expenses. We are certain that God will provide, He always does! Please pray for us through this process!

God's Plan

 

 A year after Matt and I got married we began trying to get pregnant. We were so excited to start our family. We continued to try but no luck. It was a very emotional time, especially watching a lot of our friends get pregnant while we couldn't. After 2 disappointing years of trying we finally decided to go to a fertility doctor to get tested. So, last summer we went through all the testing to find out that medically there is nothing wrong with us. We were told that after so many years of trying we should do in-vitro. We just didn't feel like that was the right choice for us. 

After praying about it we both felt that God was calling us to adopt. If there was nothing wrong with us and we hadn’t conceived then it was God’s will. We have been talking about adoption for over a year now, but now we feel like it’s God’s time for us to go forth with adopting a beautiful baby boy or girl. 

Matt and I are so excited about this adoption process. We have been researching several adoption agencies and facilities. We are very blessed to have an adoption lawyer that is also a family friend. She has been making sure that we are equipped with sufficient knowledge. Matt and I have narrowed our search to 2 adoption organizations and we are meeting with both on Friday so we can make the best decision. We will keep you updated on our choice. We are hoping to sign with someone by next week!

How it all started

The story of how Matt and I came to be is such an amazing gift from God. Matt and I attended the same high school for four years, but we didn't actually meet until our first year of college. The funny thing is that we are both from Escondido but didn't meet until we both were in Irvine at Concordia University. God is so amazing that way. He was waiting until we were emotionally ready for each other. You see, my younger brother ran cross country with Matt in high school. So when my family came to move me in, my dad and brother were bored with getting my room ready. They decided to go wander the grounds. My brother recognized Matt from a distance and the shy guy that my dad is ;) he decided to flag Matt down and told him "Didn't you run cross country with my son?" They talked for a little and then my dad quickly returned to my room to tell me about his encounter. The next day, as I was walking with my roommate, Matt stopped me and told me "Hey when you talk to your brother tell him I said hi" Romantic right? :) For the next couple of weeks he would look for me and ask me about my brother. We slowly became friends and in October of 2001 we started dating. We not only were boyfriend and girlfriend, but we were best friends. We got married in July of 2007 and have been happily married ever since.