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BENSON for the Travis Family — AL

Hi everyone, we are Candy and Adam Travis from Alabama.

Adam and I met through a mutual friend, and we are now about to be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary!! We have four biological adult children, and a precious three year old little girl that we are in the final stages of adopting domestically.

We feel so blessed and honored to be called to adoption. God started speaking to our hearts about foster care and adoption in 2017 and that ultimately led us to bringing home our little angel from the NICU in May of 2018. But God wasn’t finished yet! He started speaking to us again, and led us to the most precious little boy with the sweetest smile, who also happens to be rockin’ that extra chromosome! We submitted Letter of Intent for “Benson” on 3/31/21 and received PA on 7/16/21. All I can say is God is So Good, and we CANNOT WAIT to bring our little boy home!!!!

7/22/2021 — DOSSIER COMPLETE; OFFICIALLY MATCHED

$1,068.12 has been donated towards the cost of our adoption!

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LAZAR for the Champion family — AL

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TOBIAS for the Fach Family — AL

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SLOANE for the Chilton family — AL

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GINNY for the Allen family — AL

Bulgaria

Ainsley

India

LOGAN for the Pirkle family — AL

Ukraine

 

YULIIA for the Bloom Family — AL

Ukraine

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TYLER for the Waller family — AL

Tyler (2)Sierra Leone

LAURA for the Hadley family — AL

Laura Photo 3 Mar-2015AArmenia

EVERETT, OLSON and COLLEEN for the Enskat family — AL

Alina (Colleen) 2013

Alina (Colleen) 2013

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Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at www.ahousethatlovebuilt.blogspot.com

MAYAH for Kate and Dale —

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XANDER for the Kelley family — AL

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WINSTON for the Smith family–AL

Vahnya 2015

Vahnya 2015

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NICK for the Chance family–AL

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JOVAN for the Bedford Family — AL

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Our second adoption was a quick and easy process. Our timeline was less than 4 months from the date we committed to adopt until we were home from Serbia with our son.  Grifyn is an absolute delight! He is charming and very smart. In just a few short weeks home, he is saying words in Elnglish, using sign language and following simple requests with verbal cues. He has bonded beautifully with our family. We are already seeing the advantages of having 2 children with Down Syndrome and we are so very thankful that our boys will grow up together.

Our family will be forever grateful to the ministry of Reece’s Rainbow for helping us to find Grifyn and Xander. We are so very blessed to be their parents and we are looking forward to watching them grow and reach their full potential.

NAUM (Xander) for the Bedford Family — AL

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Xander 2015

Xander 2015

UKRAINE

The question that we always get asked about our adoption is “Why would you choose a child with Down syndrome?” My simple answer is always this: “We prayed, God answered and we obeyed.” And our family has been blessed beyond measure through our obedience. We have a perfect little boy with a sparkle in his eye that reminds me each time I look at him that there is no price to be put on the life of a child. Our adoption journey took just 2 days shy of 8 months from the day we found Reece’s Rainbow. At times it seemed like an emotional rollercoaster, but the ride was well worth the end result: our forever child. I consider it an honor to say that I am the mother of this precious gift from God. We are looking forward to the challenges and rewards of extra chromosomes!

GINA and LOUISA for the Andrews Family — AL

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Our adoption journey this time was very eventful. We arrived in Bogota, Colombia on May 27th and received our newest girls on Monday.   Their names are Lilyanna Hope and Gabriella Joy.  Our meeting was fantastic and they adjusted very well. The Lord sent us two very precious girls and we know they are meant to be a part of our family. We have now been home for 3 weeks and are still adjusting. We have been running to DR’s appointments and just spending time as a family. Our stay in Colombia lasted one month and then we returned to Alabama.  We feel it is such a honor to be the parents to children with Down Syndrome, and we just love watching them grow and develop each and every day. It is like watching a caterpillar in a cocoon and turning into this beautiful butterfly. they are all unique and have many hidden dreams just ready to share with the world. You may read about our family in the July 31st edition of Woman’s Day Magazine that will hit newsstands on July 24th.

Follow the family’s adoption journey on their blog at andrewscrew.blogspot.com