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These are the families who have taken a leap of faith and committed to adopt one or more our orphaned children most recently.
We are thrilled to have them, and so grateful for this life-saving step to rescue our angels!
Your continued financial support will give them the strength and courage to continue this journey!
When Greg & Stacey married, they both looked forward to bringing children into their family. Stacey knew from the beginning that Greg would be an amazing dad. That premonition has proved true! Twelve years later, they are excited to embark on their journey to bring home baby number 6. They have been blessed with four biological children (3 girls; Isabel 10, Maya 8, & Lucy 5, and 1 boy, Edison, age 3) and one adopted son, Clay, who is 10 months. When they began their first adoption adventure in 2010, they wanted to remain open to children with special needs, but didn’t think that would become a reality. God had a different plan! Clay came to them with a variety of medical needs including a g-tube, struggling lungs, and many therapy needs. He has been an inspiration and has made such amazing progress, Greg and Stacey are excited to allow God to work through them to do for another child what He has done for Clay.
Looking back, it is clear that God has worked in Greg and Stacey’s lives to lead them to adoption. From Stacey adopting Cabbage Patch Kids as a child, to watching friends adopt children into their families as adults, and finally to experiencing the miracle of adoption first hand, Greg and Stacey are thankful and humbled that God has called them to receive this blessing.
Some children beg their parents for toys, candy, electronics, etc. Greg & Stacey’s children are pleading for siblings. They are ready and willing to sacrifice to bring another child into the love of their family.
Greg & Stacey, along with their children, are so excited to bring Libby home. They desire to glorify God with their lives and to inspire others to do the same. Your prayers are appreciated as they embark on this adventure of international adoption. Please follow them on their blog and help them bring this precious child home.
5/22/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
James and Sheri have been married for 19 years. Their story started in college where htey met and fell in love. They married after graduation and started a family which has grown to 8 children, ages 1 to 16. Before becoming a homeschool mom, Sheri was a Speech-Language Pathologist and a Special Education teacher. James supports his family by working hard at a local clinic as a Nurse Practitioner. As a little girl, Sheri had dreams about adopting children with special needs. These dreams have stayed in her heart until now. They have decided to obey James 1:27 by welcoming a child with Down syndrome into their family. They have been earnestly seeking the Lord about when to adopt, and this little girl is the one their family has been waiting for. They are calling prayer warriors to pray for the adoption process, the funds to pay for everything, and most importantly for their little girl.
5/22/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Jason and Stephanie have been married for almost 13 years. Together they have 3 children, 8 year old Koah, 4 year old Abigail, and 18 month old Isaac (now in heaven). Their youngest son was diagnosed in utero with a severe heart defect, kidney issues, and brain issues. He was not expected to make it to delivery. The doctors recommended abortion, but that was NEVER an option. They loved this baby no matter what. The doctor did not want to monitor the baby’s heart during labor and even asked Stephanie if she was sure she wanted to have a c-section to save a baby that was incompatible with life. But by the grace of God, he not only made it to delivery, but lived almost 19 incredible months. His kidney issues and brain issues were not nearly as bad as the doctors had thought. He underwent 3 open heart surgeries, g-j tube placement, tracheostomy, and emergency abdominal surgery, among many other procedures. He died 5 days after having emergency abdominal surgery while admitted at Children’s Hospital Boston in the cardiac ICU. He died in his mother’s arms with his daddy right beside him while his mommy was telling him about heaven and how beautiful it was and how God was going to take care of him now, but that she would see him again one day. In his short time here on this earth, Isaac touched more lives than most healthy grown men do in their lifetime. God used him to save his big brother Koah’s life. Because of Isaac, the other 2 children had their hearts checked, and Koah then had heart surgery a few weeks later. At one time, this family had 2 sons in the cardiac ICU. Not only did Isaac save his brother’s life, but he changed his family’s hearts as well. Stephanie had always had a special place in her heart for special needs children, but now it was so much closer to her heart. Before their oldest was born, she was a Speech-Language Pathologist in the school system and had many students with special needs. She used to think that the parents of the special needs children were so blessed. Little did she know that one day she would have her own biological child with special needs, and what an INCREDIBLE BLESSING that would be. Stephanie enjoyed every second of taking care of Isaac (including managing his home vent, continuous feeds, trach care, g-j tube care, suctioning, meds 8x a day, injections twice a day). Because of Isaac, Koah and Abi have changed, as well. They are better, stronger, more loving kids The are very accepting of others’ differences, in fact, they usually don’t even notice. They loved taking care of their brother and can’t wait to add another child to the family. Stephanie and Jason had always talked about adoption even before they had children. But after having the incredible privilege and blessing of being Isaac’s mom, it was no surprise that she preferred and sought out a child with special needs. Recently, Stephanie was looking on Reece’s Rainbow. She was originally looking for a child with complex medical issues like she was used to, but when she saw Ryder, she knew he was the one that was meant to be their son. She then showed him to Jason and the other children. It was because of Isaac, that Ryder would be joining the family. So not only did Isaac save his big brother’s life, but he was now saving his little brother’s life. Isaac’s life reminds us that life is short, we are just passing through, this life is not about us, but about bringing glory to God every day just like Isaac did every day of his life. What better way to bring glory to God than to demonstrate God’s heart of adoption by providing unconditional love and a home to what the world might consider the unwanted. BUT the crazy thing is that we know we are the ones, not Ryder, who receives the biggest blessing in all of this. We know what AMAZING JOY special needs kids bring to a family. I think that we as a family need Ryder more than he needs us. Please pray for Ryder and for us as we travel through this adoption journey.
5/22/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Scott and Melissa met 15 years ago while working for the same radio stations. They were friends for 4 years before dating. They have now been married for 9 years. They have two children, Sophie, 6 and Max, 4, plus two labs, Brinley and Mia. Adoption was never discussed until about 3 months ago when a friend posted about Reece’s Rainbow on her facebook page. Melissa started looking at all the profiles, and stopped when she saw her little girl. The next morning she jokingly showed Scott a picture of his new daughter. He was on board immediately! After several months of research, Scott and Melissa are now anxiously awaiting the day they get to meet her.
5/22/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Kyle and Beth Edwards have been married for 20 years and have 5 biological children. Their kids are 16, 14 year-old twins, 11, and 5. Beth stays home with the kids and homeschools them while Kyle is a High School teacher and coach. They have wanted to adopt for many years but were waiting on God’s perfect timing. They are now in the process of bringing their 6th child home from Taiwan! It’s already been quite a journey.
5/22/12—HOMESTUDY COMPLETE; AWAITING COURT DATE
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog http://fromtaiwantotexas.blogspot.com/
TJ and Danielle have been married for 5 years. They have two amazing children Anna (almost 6) and Oliver (almost 2). They have always talked about having a large family and those talks have always included adoption. As a teenager, Danielle went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic where she stayed at an orphanage. This was life changing and from that point on she always knew she would adopt. Her main goal in life has always been to be a mom. TJ enjoys working with the youth and is pursuing ministry full time. They are a homeschooling family and love being a part of their children’s everyday life. They know God has given them these desires for more than one purpose.
After their daughter was born they began looking into adoption. They prayed many prayers, sponsored children, made sock dolls to send to special needs children and waited for God to open the door. God began to open their eyes and break their hearts for children with special needs. Something they thought was impossible became something they wanted to pursue with all their hearts. One of the first children to cross their path was “Keegan”. They prayed for him and figured their journey would start at a much later date. When they found out his baby house was closing they knew that nudge they had felt earlier was now definite. This was the child they were supposed to bring home. They spent the day in tears praying. The prayers went from praying someone would come along to praying they were that someone. They know there is a lot of work ahead and they are trusting God to help bring their little one home. They ask that you pray for this sweet child and their journey ahead.
5/16/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog http://www.heygardners.blogspot.com/
Brian and Keri have been blessed with 14 years of marriage and counting, with God as the glue…Marriage takes three! They always thought they would have their own children, when and if it was God’s will. But so far it has not happened…yet! They have been blessed with 4 legged furry kids, horses, dairy goats, dogs and cats,…but are still waiting for a 2 legged non furry kid or kids. 
After thinking maybe it was not in God’s plan for them to be parents, a phone call from one of Keri’s brothers in Nov. 2011 changed all that. Her brother told her that the baby he and his wife were expecting in the Spring might have Down Syndrome. Long story short…they would not be able to keep the baby…was this how God planned for them to finally become parents?! Keri told her brother they would adopt the baby in a heartbeat. Keri works in health care and Brian and Keri help care for a family friends child with special needs. This beautiful child with CP has been a blessing to them and really helped take away many of their fears and softened their hearts to a special needs child. Then began the research on Down Sydrome. Through research Keri came upon Reece’s Rainbows website, wow look at all these beautiful sweet children that need homes…how would you ever choose? Brian and Keri were still thinking that maybe they would be adopting her brothers baby. After much prayer time another phone call came, God’s answer was no. Keri’s brother and sister-in-law would be keeping the baby whatever the health of the baby, praise God! But ouch…will they ever be parents?!
Keri then returned to a list of Reece’s Rainbow kids, one child over and over again kept standing out among the others. After a lot of time in prayer, digging into God’s word and with many family, friends and their church praying for them. The answer and peace of what God was calling them to do became clear… sweet Meredith was to be their daughter! Wow, Praise the Lord! Even though there are still many answers unknown and concerns about finances. They continue to trust their Heavenly Father through this unknown journey and have faith that His will and timing is always perfect. As He has shown them many times through their 14+ years of marriage.
God is Good! Praying for Meredith’s health and safety!
Your Mommy & Daddy can’t wait for the day they can bring you home to your forever family…
5/16/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Mark and Jodi have been married for almost 16 years. They met while Mark and Jodi’s brother were serving a mission in England for their church. Jodi’s brother told Mark to start writing his sister while at the same time he had told Jodi to start writing his companion. They exchanged a few letters and in January of 1994 they were able to meet face to face. Jodi and her family went to England to pick up her brother when he completed his mission and they met Mark for lunch. It was fun for them to meet who they had been writing to. Mark still had 6 months left to serve and that following summer he came to Utah and stayed with Jodi’s family for approximately 6 weeks. It was during that time that their romance began. Almost a year and half later Jodi took a leave of absence from work and went to England to stay with Mark and his family. There was no denying that they were meant to be together so just before Jodi got on the plane to go home Mark unofficially proposed. A few weeks later they got engaged over the phone. They set a date and were married in Utah, 2 days after Mark arrived. They lived in England during their first year of marriage while Mark finished school. Then moved to Utah and have resided here since. They have 4 beautiful children ages 11, 5, 3 and 18 months. They were led to their youngest by becoming foster parents. All of their children have brought so much joy into their lives. They enjoy many activities like playing soccer, dancing, singing, going on walks and bike rides. They are surrounded by family and friends and love spending time with them and each other. Family is everything and is what this life is all about. Once again they are being led to adopt Susan so she can enjoy the blessings of a family. Quoting one of Jodi’s favorite songs, “I’ve heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason, bringing something we must learn. We are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them and we help them in return.” There is no such thing as coincidence. Jodi and Mark feel that they are being led by His love. Please join them on this journey and offer any support you can whether it be through your prayers or time or financial support. All are needed and will be greatly appreciated.
5/14/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog ledbyhislove.blogspot.com
Danny and Christy met the first day of Freshman orientation during college and have been together ever since! After four years of dating they were married in 2000. They have two children – their son Taylor (5), and daughter Bailey (18 months). Bailey has Down syndrome and having her in their family is one of the greatest blessings Danny and Christy never knew they wanted! After Bailey’s birth, Danny and Christy were introduced to Reece’s Rainbow and the beautiful children waiting for their forever families. They began talking about adopting, but the timing was never quite right. Christy often looked on the Reece’s Rainbow site and the day she saw Juliette listed she knew she was looking at a photo of her daughter. Christy emailed the link to Danny at work and he wrote back within a few minutes saying “she is ours, she is the one”.
The McDonald family is eagerly anticipating the addition of Juliette to their family and cannot wait to bring her home.
5/11/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog http://bringingjuliettehome.
Brian and Cindy met in college – dated all 4 years and got married a week after graduation. 20 years later they are still best friends, and loving the adventures God leads them to! The adventures have not been anything they would have guessed, but are so much better because of it!
They have 5 kids; Kate and Rachel were born to them pretty early on (are 18 and 15)…and as the girls got a little older they started sharing their strong opinions on the necessity of more siblings. Brian and Cindy were pretty sure they were the family-planners…but for lack of further answers told the girls to talk to God about it. So they did…and so God made it apparent that more kids were coming. Once THAT was settled, the whole family got busy figuring out where in the world the rest of their kids might be. And so Jack (now 5) was adopted from South Korea, Peter (now 6) from Ethiopia, and most recently Sam (now almost 2) from Ethiopia.
And in the last months God has made it clear that the family was not complete yet. Through Adeye’s blog (www.nogreaterjoymom.com) their hearts were opened to the idea of special-needs and Eastern European adoptions. They just kept feeling the tug to head there…and though it seemed impossible to not just pick all the sweet kids listed on the RR site, they finally realized that these 3 kiddos just would not leave their minds and were actually melting right into their hearts. So….decision made!
All the kids are so excited to welcome more home, and are busy figuring out the details of what 8 kids at home will look like. The 6 year-old has a map of the rooms and sleeping assignments ready…the 5-year old has all the names ready (the baby will be named Superbaby and probably know how to fly)…and everyone is ready for the adventures in store as a more complete family unit.
5/9/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog http://lifewhereiam2.blogspot.com/
David and Stefanie met in 2004 over graphing calculators. They were on a field trip for undergraduate mathematicians and both had the newest and greatest graphing calculator. Stefanie even had the external keyboard attachment for hers, which made David a bit jealous. So it may be safe to say they are just a little nerdy. Over the next few months they saw each other a few times but were on very different life paths and didn’t talk much. Then a summer semester course in Number Theory sparked romance and the two have been inseparable since.
They married in 2006 and have two darling boys, Ezekiel (3.5) and Malachi (2). Both David and Stefanie have wanted to adopt since prior to meeting. David even worked in Russian orphanages during his summers in high school. One day while still dating, they were discussing future plans and it was decided that someday they would adopt. “The plan” they had for adoption included waiting a bit longer, but God had other plans. While scrolling through Reece’s Rainbow one evening just there to pray for the children and families, Stefanie saw Ruth and there was no turning back. For months prior to seeing her picture, Stefanie had been dreaming of adopting a little girl named Ruth, so imagine her surpise when there she was on Reece’s Rainbow! Stefanie knew instantly that THIS is the little girl God had planned for their family. David agreed and now they are working hard to bring their little girl home.
5/9/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://erdmanadoption.blogspot.com/
Robert and Julie have been married for almost 20 years. They have three biologic children ages 16,14,and 12. In 2007 they adopted from Kazakhstan and created a virtual twin for their youngest. Through the adoption community they connected with John Wright and the wonderful work he does in Kyrgyzstan. He showed them the plight of those with disabilities that are then sent to men’s homes. For many years Robert and Julie have financially supported the Wright’s work in making the men’s institution there a better place. In 2011 Robert and Julie took the family to serve in Kyrgyzstan. There they helped the men in the institution with several projects. The family were able to see that so many of these men could have had a much different life had they been adopted. Just because they had a physical need didn’t mean that they still could not have been a vital part of society. Their heart was softened to adoption of a child that would be sent to an institution otherwise. They would appreciate your support and prayers through this.
They ask for your prayers as they embark on this process. Pray that their child’s heart and mind would be prepared for all the changes to come.
5/8/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://www.offtoservehim.blogspot.com/
Stuart and Tanna Smith have been married 10 years. They have two biological children, Jessie is 8 and Andrew is 6. Stuart thought he was done and that two was a perfect number but adoption had always been a dream for Tanna. After her youngest was born, God broke her heart for orphans and she realized there was no better gift her family could give than to be the loving parents of someone who desperately needed it. Six years later, God revealed to Stuart that we are not called to be comfortable and he had the ability to give a child in an orphanage or institution a chance at life. When Stuart and Tanna decided it was time to adopt, the question “what about special needs?” was brought up and they both agreed to be open to whatever God had planned for them.
Tanna had frequently visitid the Reece’s Rainbow web-site and for the last year she would scroll through the waiting children list praying over the children but when she saw “Dottie’s” picture a part of her heart went to the orphanage to be with her. They were very certain that this was their new daughter. Jessie and Andrew can’t wait for their new sister to come home. They have already started planning all they are going to teach her and how they will have to set a timer so Andrew won’t hold her and hug her the whole time. Stuart and Tanna feel so blessed that God has chosen them to be the parents of a child with Down Syndrome.
5/8/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
5/7/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Kevin and Darcy Guille met when they were the romantic leads in their high school musical. They have been together now for 20 years, married for 16. Sixteen years of marriage has been filled with many more musical theater experiences and lots of wonderful blessings. Their son Liam came along in 2000, performing his first musical in utero. Paige, followed in 2002 and Brynley joined their family, via a stop in China, in 2005. One day Darcy was reading an adoption blog and came upon the story of a little girl needing a home before she aged out of the orphanage. Upon further investigation it sounded like Tamara would be perfect for their entertaining family. Their family shares a love of music and theater and Tamara has already been spotted singing, dancing and performing in EE. Needless to say, she has danced her way right into their hearts.
Kevin has been an investment broker for 15 years and Darcy is a SAHM. They home school their children and love spending time together as a family. Currently, the family project is to learn some Russian to be able to communicate with their new addition. Their son, Liam, is also keeping them busy with the addition to their family of 30,000 bees. Their family would love prayers for a speedy and smooth adoption process. They appreciate all the donations Tamara has already received and appreciate any future donations anyone can give to help get Tamara home. They can’t wait to see her singing and dancing in her new home!
5/7/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://livinganuncommonlife.blogspot.com
Brett and Katie John often talked about the possibility of adopting a child, but it always seemed like a far away dream. After 12 years of marriage and 2 of their own biological children, they were at a crossroads of whether to have another child or to adopt. Both Brett and Katie decided there were so many existing children in the world who desperately need families and agreed that adoption would be their first choice. The thought of adoption conjured up visions of chubby adorable infants or little bright eyed toddlers in America who needed a family, but the idea still seemed like a far away dream.
In the spring of 2011, they were introduced to a program called New Horizons for Children which brings school aged orphans from Eastern Europe to America twice a year to be hosted by families and shown the love of Jesus and the love of a family. These children are the forgotten ones. Older children and teenagers have a very low chance of being chosen by a family. In Eastern Europe at age 16 or after 9th grade, they are turned out into the streets with nothing but the clothes on their backs and little to no skills. Many of them have no way to make a life for themselves and have no family to guide them as they transition to adulthood. Brett and Katie researched the program and felt certain it was exactly what God wanted them to participate in during this particular season of life. Although they had 2 young children, they brought older children into their home and began to feel God opening their hearts to adopting an older child.
They began the process of adopting a teenage girl from Ukraine, but after saying yes to adoption, the girl changed her mind halfway through the process and decided against it. Around that same time, Katie was introduced to Reeces Rainbow through a friend and fell in love with a particular boy. After months of prayer and waiting for an answer from God, Brett and Katie are committed to bringing this boy home to his forever family and advocating for older orphans who are just as precious and special and worth of love as the babies.
5/4/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://summer4anastasia.wordpress.com/
Sarah has known, even from a young age, that she always wanted to be a mother. She knew she wanted to adopt and though it may seem out of the ordinary, knew she wanted to raise children with special needs. Growing up in a family, where she herself was adopted by her father, and where she got to witness children come and go through the foster care system, arriving alone, learning to be a part of a family, and leaving to spend the rest of their lives with a new forever family, was such an amazing experience. Even as a teenager, she knew that she wanted to give children that feeling of belonging to a family, when they had none. Now as an adult, she is ready to take that step.
As a Therapeutic Riding Instructor, Sarah has worked closely with children with special needs, who have grown in ways that were never thought possible. Sarah can honestly say that she has been truly blessed to have been able to be a part of the lives of so many amazing and special children!
Sarah had been looking into adoption and browsing through photolistings for quite some time when she first saw Lizzy on the Reece’s Rainbow site. She knew instantly that Lizzy was meant to be her daughter. It was as if God whispered down and said “Here, this child is yours”. And she has worked tirelessly from that day on to bring Lizzy home.
“Who ever welcomes one of the little children in my name, welcomes me; and who ever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” Mark 9:37
Your prayers and donations are GREATLY appreciated to help bring Lizzy home to a life full of unconditional love.
5/4/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://extrapositivepromises.blogspot.com/
Ray and Hope have been married for 23 years. They have 2 biological and 8 adopted children ranging in ages 8 to 33 years old. They have also foster parented many more. Although they are no longer foster parents, they do still want to grow their family through adoption. Their 4 youngest are non-verbal and have special needs which includes autism, brain damage and seizures. They found out what a joy it is to parent these special children and feel a little sorry for people who haven’t discovered that yet.
Hope has been following along on quite a few families’ journeys to bring their special children home. She has continued to show Ray the pictures of waiting children and share her dream of international adoption. They have both decided it is time to make this leap of faith and begin the process to bring home a child from an orphanage overseas. Precious little Masha has captured their hearts so they are ready to whatever it takes to bring home this newest daughter from Eastern Europe. They also remain open to possible adding another child to their referral. They desire the prayer and support of others to complete this awesome task.
5/14/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://thisgiftofmine.blogspot.com/
Daniel and Kimberly were high school sweethearts. When Kimberly went away to college, Daniel decided to follow her there. They dated all through college and got married a little over a month after graduating. They had their first son a year later. They knew they wanted to have a big family, and in their 10 years of Marriage they have been blessed with four biological children. People are always asking them how many children they would like to have and their first born always responds” twelve!” They would just be happy with however many God called them to.5/3/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://heartstowardhome.blogspot.com/
James and Michelle love life and there family. They have 4 kids (Megan 11, Madison 6, Erin 3, and Gavin 17 months) and the youngest has Down Syndrome. Michelle is a home maker and her husband James has been in the Marine Corps for19 years! Prior to having children, Michelle was a pre-school teacher for 10 years! Michelle had seen lots of pictures of these beautiful children before, but it was one that stole her heart. It was of a little boy named Zane # 49-5! For her it was love at first sight. She knew she should be his mommy! Michelle spoke with her husband and after discussing it there was no doubt that they should be Zane’s mommy and daddy and give him a forever home, with all the unconditional love and support every child deserves! They have decided to rename him Wyatt James Young. The whole family can’t wait to have him home! Zane has no idea just how loved and wanted he is by his forever family! So please come join the Young family on this beautiful journey of bringing Zane aka Wyatt home!
5/3/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://bringinghomewyatt.blogspot.jp/
This is a little history of the Fleshers. Kent and Tiffany have been married for 7 years. Since they both have had a previous marriage, they bring a total of 3 kids into each other lives, and have two children together. Tiffany has Jordan 17 (biological), and Austin 13 (adopted). Kent has Michael 11 (adopted and autistic) And together Kent and Tiffany have Skylar 9 (biological), and Mackenzie 6 (biological).
Kent had been a bus driver for special needs children and adults, and his heart melted for them. He came home one day and said, he wanted to adopt a child with special needs. He got Tiffany into her current job as a special needs teachers assistant. Tiffany loves her job, and all the interaction with special people.
They had been talking about adoption for a while, and came across Reece’s Rainbow. Looking through the pictures, it was obvious that God was telling them to adopt. They found themselves lurking around one little girl with “Cornelia de Lange Syndrome” (also known as “Babydoll Syndrome”). She is very tiny, but has spoken volumes to their hearts! Along with Kent and Tiffany, each of their children are working hard at fundraising to be able to bring home this little angel. Every child deserves to have a family. Please, join Kent and Tiffany in their fight to bring little Diane home where she will flourish, where she will be loved, where she belongs. Thank you for your help.
5/2/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Ryan and Meg met as sophomores in college and quickly became best friends. They got married shortly after they graduated and are celebrating six years of marriage! They always wanted to have a large family, but God’s plan moved more slowly than they anticipated. While waiting for their family to grow, they discovered their love for adoption and knew that, even if they had biological children, adoption would be a part of how God would build their family. While in the process of adopting domestically, they found out they were pregnant with their son, Ben-it was an exciting surprise! Ben is the greatest blessing in their lives and has already taught them so much about love and family. His presence has only served to encourage Ryan and Meg in their desire to have more children, however God would like that to happen.
One day, shortly after discovering Reece’s Rainbow, Meg came across Justin’s profile and couldn’t get him out of her mind. They had never really considered international adoption or adopting a child with special needs, but God has been known to move in unexpected ways! So Meg coyly e-mailed Ryan with a link to Justin’s profile saying, “I don’t know, there’s something about this little guy…just think about it.” And so began their journey to Eastern Europe for their little boy-we hope you’ll follow along as God continues to bless, amaze and surprise us!
5/2/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://teamstout.wordpress.com/
Ben and Kathy Dailey have been married for almost 32 years, after raising their two children and three of his brother’s children after his brother passed away, they thought their life was pretty much confined to loving and spoiling their grandchildren, however God had other plans. Ben is the pastor of a small rural country Baptist Church and is working on completing his seminary studies. One day while doing research for one of his papers, he ran across a site that listed children with special needs that needed adopting. There was one particular child that caught his attention and this was a young man who was hearing impaired. What stood out to him about this particular child was he was hearing impaired. God laid this child upon Ben’s heart and finally he talked with Kathy about him and her reply to him was what are you waiting on?
Ben comes from a family of hearing impairments on both sides of his family. His father’s youngest brother was born deaf and his mother’s youngest sister went deaf due to sever ear infections. He now has a hearing loss himself, but is able to hear with the use of hearing aids, and he and Kathy both know this child will need this kind of family support from an immediate and extended family group. This child needs a home and not only that their family understands deafness first hand and already know American Sign Language (ASL) for the deaf and this young lad will need that kind of support.
4/30/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at http://bddailey.blogspot.com/
Lindsay and Andy have been married for 10 years. They have been blessed with three biological children: Bradley 8, Kaitlyn 3 and Tyler 7 months. Andy has been in the United States Marine Corps for 12 years. He has traveled to many countries and seen firsthand the enormous needs of children in developing counties. His experiences have been a major factor in their decision to adopt internationally. Lindsay is a Registered Nurse and has worked in the medical field for 8 years. Currently she provides in home care for several elderly patients.
Andy and Lindsay have discussed bringing an adopted child in to their hearts and home for several years. They came across the Reece’s Rainbow site and had been looking through children’s pictures for many months. When they read about Gavin their hearts were moved. With great prayer and consideration, Andy and Lindsay have taken a leap of faith to bring this beautiful boy into their home. They know that they can provide him a loving home with all the resources that he may need to thrive, grow up happy and healthy. Andy and Lindsay feel that they have the ability and resources to help Gavin with the difficult medical challenges he is facing. Bradley and Kaitlyn are very excited to welcome a new brother into their lives. Bradley is already planning for new bunk beds to share with Gavin. They look forward to sharing this amazing journey with all of you. Please help bring this precious little boy home.
4/27/12—HOMESTUDY in PROGRESS
Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at *coming soon*
